---
type: "Bill"
title: "Money Transmitters Act."
description: "Money Transmitters Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 890"
citation: "North Carolina SB 890 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BANKING COMN.", "BANKS", "COMMERCE", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "CREDIT UNIONS", "FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "FISCAL NOTES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATIONS", "SURETY & FIDELITY", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELESERVICES", "SEN. HAGAN", "RECORDS", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-04"
last_action: "2001-10-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4349dfec-964e-4b0e-a217-599d5a007d63"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S890&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1101d95c5e95634e7e035759dcc008529c28f92ece9dc389dd5f5b9f3bee61b4"
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 890 (2001) — Money Transmitters Act.

## 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/S890v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S890v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S890v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S890v4.pdf)
5. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S890v5.pdf)
6. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S890v6.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S890v7.pdf)
8. **SL 2001-443** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S890v8.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- A2 Culpepper\Third Reading — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-15** Ch. SL 2001-443 `became-law`
- **2001-10-15** Signed By Gov. 10/15/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-08** Pres. To Gov. 10/5/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-10-04** Ratified
- **2001-10-03** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-10-02** Placed On Cal For 10/3/2001
- **2001-10-02** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-10-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-10-01** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-09-27** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-20** Postponed To 9/27/2001
- **2001-09-17** Postponed To 9/20/2001
- **2001-09-13** Placed On Cal For 9/17/2001
- **2001-09-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-09-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-08-23** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-08-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-08-02** Ref to the Com on Financial Institutions and, if favorable, to the Com on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-08-02** Rec From Senate
- **2001-07-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-07-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-07-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-05-16** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-05-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-05** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4349dfec-964e-4b0e-a217-599d5a007d63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).