---
type: "Bill"
title: "Small Business Contractor Initiative/Funds."
description: "Small Business Contractor Initiative/Funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 832"
citation: "North Carolina SB 832 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BLANK BILL", "COMMERCE", "CONSTRUCTION", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "INTEREST", "LOANS", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SMALL BUSINESSES", "SURETY & FIDELITY", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-02"
last_action: "2002-10-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42ea0fe6-0ead-46e1-a35b-22d7dbbbf2f9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S832&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "452c34120dc4a869fe1acc11463f51fbdd7ae7ac4c9833b713117e51f0b7cf80"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina SB 832 (2001) — Small Business Contractor Initiative/Funds.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S832v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S832v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S832v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S832v4.pdf)
5. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S832v5.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S832v6.pdf)
7. **SL 2002-181** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S832v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **38–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw of Cumberland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2002-10-31** Ch. SL 2002-181 `became-law`
- **2002-10-31** Signed By Gov. 10/31/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2002-10-04** Pres. To Gov. 10/4/2002 `executive-receipt`
- **2002-10-03** Ratified
- **2002-10-02** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2002-10-02** Placed On Cal For 10/2/2002
- **2002-10-02** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2002-10-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2002-10-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2002-10-01** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2002-09-30** Placed On Cal For 10/1/2002
- **2002-09-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-09-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-12-06** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-12-06** Rec From Senate
- **2001-12-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-12-06** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-12-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-12-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-12-05** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-12-05** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-04-03** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42ea0fe6-0ead-46e1-a35b-22d7dbbbf2f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).