---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' Comp Awards Filed as Judgments."
description: "Workers' Comp Awards Filed as Judgments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 881"
citation: "North Carolina SB 881 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "COURT CLERKS", "COURTS", "INDUSTRIAL COMN.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "WORKERS COMPENSATION", "SEN. SOLES", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-03"
last_action: "2001-11-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02c87ed5-2556-43a5-bc45-2ba431c26dbe"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S881&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7594d3cab90fee7e94c2977bc2a4d6a91e4158be73bdfc406e72ff9ebcddd8ff"
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 881 (2001) — Workers' Comp Awards Filed as Judgments.

## 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/S881v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S881v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S881v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S881v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-477** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S881v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Soles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-11-29** Ch. SL 2001-477 `became-law`
- **2001-11-29** Signed By Gov. 11/29/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-11-23** Pres. To Gov. 11/21/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-11-20** Ratified
- **2001-11-19** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-11-16** Placed On Cal For 11/19/2001
- **2001-11-16** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-11-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-11-08** Postponed To 11/13/2001
- **2001-11-07** Placed On Cal For 11/8/2001
- **2001-11-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-11-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-18** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-04** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `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/02c87ed5-2556-43a5-bc45-2ba431c26dbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).