---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senate Joint Resolution"
description: "Senate Joint Resolution"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SJR 359"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 359 (2001)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["AWARDS", "HONORS & MEMORIALS", "BLANK BILL", "COUNTIES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "LOCAL", "MINORITIES", "RATIFIED", "RELIGION", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. L. SHAW", "CUMBERLAND COUNTY", "FAYETTEVILLE", "EVANS", "HENRY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-06"
last_action: "2001-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c1f6d4f-6c10-4b58-ad82-b75503343df6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S359&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "847ebdfc732eeff6aa1bb518adab9adb204bb394b3693a0d12e2e3b77e7f1d8d"
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 359 (2001) — Senate Joint Resolution

## 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/S359v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S359v2.pdf)
3. **SL Resolution 2001-33** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S359v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shaw of Cumberland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-04** Ch. Res 2001-33 `became-law`
- **2001-10-04** Ratified
- **2001-10-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-10-03** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2001-10-03** Rec From Senate
- **2001-10-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-10-03** Placed On Cal For 10/3/2001
- **2001-10-03** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-10-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-07** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c1f6d4f-6c10-4b58-ad82-b75503343df6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).