---
type: "Bill"
title: "Persons With Disabilities Changes-AB."
description: "Persons With Disabilities Changes-AB."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 866"
citation: "North Carolina SB 866 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "COMMERCE", "COMPUTERS", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "DEFINITIONS", "DISABLED PERSONS", "EMPLOYMENT", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMM.", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. W. MARTIN", "SEN. MILLER", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-03"
last_action: "2002-10-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d581fb5-dd71-44f8-bd06-eaf2f7de40e3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S866&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3e1ff43324cdb017c11b62942a86b3963258ecdc434be3634412da5d45fc94b0"
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 866 (2001) — Persons With Disabilities Changes-AB.

## 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/S866v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S866v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S866v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S866v4.pdf)
5. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S866v5.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S866v6.pdf)
7. **SL 2002-163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S866v7.pdf)

## Votes

- CONF. REPORT\ADOPT — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Martin of Guilford — cosponsor (person)
- Miller, B — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-10-17** Ch. SL 2002-163 `became-law`
- **2002-10-17** Signed By Gov. 10/17/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2002-10-04** Pres. To Gov. 10/4/2002 `executive-receipt`
- **2002-10-03** Ratified
- **2002-10-03** Conf Report Adopted
- **2002-10-02** Conf Report Adopted
- **2002-10-02** Placed On Cal For 10/2/2002
- **2002-10-02** Conf Com Reported
- **2002-10-02** Placed On Cal For 10/3/2002
- **2002-10-02** Conf Com Reported
- **2001-09-06** Conf Com Appointed
- **2001-09-04** Conf Com Appointed
- **2001-09-04** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2001-09-03** Placed On Cal For 9/4/2001
- **2001-09-03** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-08-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-08-28** Placed On Cal For 8/29/2001
- **2001-08-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-08-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-08-08** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2001-08-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-08-01** Postponed To 8/8/2001
- **2001-08-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-07-31** Postponed To 8/2/2001
- **2001-07-30** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2001
- **2001-07-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-06-20** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-20** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-05-29** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-29** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-04-30** Ref To Com On Mental Health `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-30** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-25** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-04** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `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/6d581fb5-dd71-44f8-bd06-eaf2f7de40e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).