---
type: "Bill"
title: "Year of the Appalachia."
description: "Year of the Appalachia."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SJR 1368"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 1368 (2001)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["ARTS", "AWARDS", "HONORS & MEMORIALS", "ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "MEMBERSHIP", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "SEN. FOXX", "CHAPTERED", "LULU BELLE STAMEY", "STAMEY", "MYRTLE ELEANOR COOPER WISEMAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-06-11"
last_action: "2002-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c677b510-2f7a-494e-8ab6-b5dc151c96a1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S1368&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f4aa698543ac1bdc5b99e511ea2a34dd52d1cfa71a52bff4e5f2f67e59da8583"
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 SJR 1368 (2001) — Year of the Appalachia.

## 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/S1368v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1368v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1368v3.pdf)
4. **Res 2002-7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1368v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Basnight — cosponsor (person)
- Berger — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Carrington — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Martin of Guilford — cosponsor (person)
- Martin of Pitt — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Miller, B — cosponsor (person)
- Moore, K — cosponsor (person)
- Odom — cosponsor (person)
- Plyler — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw of Cumberland — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw of Guilford — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Wellons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-07-25** Ch. Res 2002-7 `became-law`
- **2002-07-25** Ratified
- **2002-07-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-07-25** Placed On Cal For 7/25/2002
- **2002-07-25** Rec From Senate
- **2002-07-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-07-24** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2002-07-24** Placed On Cal For 7/24/2002
- **2002-07-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2002-07-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-07-23** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-23** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2002-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/23/2002
- **2002-07-18** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2002-06-12** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c677b510-2f7a-494e-8ab6-b5dc151c96a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).