---
type: "Bill"
title: "Interstate High-Speed Rail Commission."
description: "Interstate High-Speed Rail Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 9"
citation: "North Carolina SB 9 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BUDGETING", "COMMISSIONS", "FUNDING", "INTERSTATE COOPERATION", "MASS TRANSIT", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION", "RAILROADS", "RATIFIED", "STUDIES", "SEN. GULLEY", "HIGH-SPEED RAIL COMN.", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-01-24"
last_action: "2001-07-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcdc1f06-cab5-4117-971f-421769d68a62"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S9&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "32cf06e924eb22db4ccb5728744c1e95450af082ab59c54fd87f0e31cb83eed8"
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 9 (2001) — Interstate High-Speed Rail Commission.

## 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/S9v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S9v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S9v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S9v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-266** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S9v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **117–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Plyler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-04** Ch. SL 2001-266 `became-law`
- **2001-07-04** Signed By Gov. 7/4/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-06-26** Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-06-25** Ratified
- **2001-06-21** Concurred In H Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-20** Placed On Cal For 6/21/2001
- **2001-06-20** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2001-06-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-06-19** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-18** Placed On Cal For 6/19/2001
- **2001-06-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-29** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-29** Rec From Senate
- **2001-03-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-03-22** Placed On Cal For 3/27/2001
- **2001-03-22** Com Amend Adpt & Engross
- **2001-02-27** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-27** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-02-21** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-21** Com Amend Adpt & Engross
- **2001-02-21** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-01-29** Ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2001-01-25** Held As Filed
- **2001-01-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bcdc1f06-cab5-4117-971f-421769d68a62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).