---
type: "Bill"
title: "Geographic Information Coordinating Council."
description: "Geographic Information Coordinating Council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 895"
citation: "North Carolina SB 895 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COUNCILS", "GEOGRAPHY", "GOVERNOR", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SPEAKER", "SEN. REEVES", "GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-04"
last_action: "2001-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8f9d455-f008-443e-95f7-5ff1974d4997"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S895&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c32f529913fa718d4844918ad539e00f679a4abdc8631b071f8f00715eaa19b0"
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 895 (2001) — Geographic Information Coordinating Council.

## 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/S895v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S895v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S895v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S895v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S895v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2001-359** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S895v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reeves — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-10** Ch. SL 2001-359 `became-law`
- **2001-08-10** Signed By Gov. 8/10/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-06** Pres. To Gov. 8/3/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-02** Ratified
- **2001-08-01** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-31** Placed On Cal For 8/1/2001
- **2001-07-31** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-07-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-07-24** Placed On Cal For 7/25/2001
- **2001-07-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-26** Ref To Com On State Government `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-24** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-05** Ref To Com On Information Technology `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/c8f9d455-f008-443e-95f7-5ff1974d4997`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).