---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Nature and Historic Preserve."
description: "State Nature and Historic Preserve."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 854"
citation: "North Carolina SB 854 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSERVATION", "CONSTITUTION", "NC", "ELECTIONS", "ENVIRONMENT", "PARKS & RECREATION AREAS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. HORTON", "CUMBERLAND COUNTY", "DURHAM COUNTY", "DARE COUNTY", "ALLEGHANY COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-03"
last_action: "2001-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8e8a1aa-dc42-43d5-af75-e6cdb68c2e67"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S854&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "df1ca14d8ebef84b521bdf4f48a0ff1b7b0e07e0c7aa4746bc0cd9804bb2b493"
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 854 (2001) — State Nature and Historic Preserve.

## 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/S854v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S854v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S854v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S854v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-217** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S854v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Ballantine — cosponsor (person)
- Basnight — cosponsor (person)
- Berger — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Carrington — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Martin of Guilford — cosponsor (person)
- Moore, K — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw of Cumberland — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw of Guilford — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Wellons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-06-15** Ch. SL 2001-217 `became-law`
- **2001-06-15** Signed By Gov. 6/15/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-06-11** Pres. To Gov. 6/8/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-06-07** Ratified
- **2001-06-06** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2001-06-06** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2001-06-05** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-05-30** Re-ref Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-30** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-05-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-05-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-05-23** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-22** Placed On Cal For 5/23/2001
- **2001-05-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-23** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-19** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8e8a1aa-dc42-43d5-af75-e6cdb68c2e67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).