---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expand NC Business Opportunities."
description: "Expand NC Business Opportunities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 85"
citation: "North Carolina SB 85 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION DEPT.", "ARMED FORCES", "COMMERCE", "COMMERCE DEPT.", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES OFFICE", "CONTRACTS", "CORPORATIONS", "NON-PROFIT", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMN.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "SEN. BALLANTINE", "SEN. HARRIS", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-06"
last_action: "2001-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3dfd78af-a3ef-4cd2-bed8-0d6e1107d091"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S85&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f3f25b97e74a54ccc6aa0116e3ca8025ce3631be47610b9bd8d88fbf8d60a1b6"
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 85 (2001) — Expand NC Business Opportunities.

## 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/S85v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S85v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S85v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-13** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S85v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballantine — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-04-04** Ch. SL 2001-13 `became-law`
- **2001-04-04** Signed By Gov. 4/4/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-03-29** Pres. To Gov. 3/29/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-03-28** Ratified
- **2001-03-27** Concurred In H Amend #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-22** Placed On Cal For 3/27/2001
- **2001-03-22** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2001-03-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-03-21** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-03-19** Placed On Cal For 3/20/2001
- **2001-03-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-03-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-06** Ref To Com On Economic Growth and Community Development `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-06** Rec From Senate
- **2001-03-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-02-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-02-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-07** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3dfd78af-a3ef-4cd2-bed8-0d6e1107d091`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).