---
type: "Bill"
title: "2002 Primary Scheduling."
description: "2002 Primary Scheduling."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001E1"
identifier: "HB 3"
citation: "North Carolina HB 3 (2001E1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CALENDAR", "CONSERVATION", "CONSTITUTION", "NC", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "PARKS & RECREATION AREAS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. CULPEPPER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-05-14"
last_action: "2002-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb172435-07ac-45e2-a5fc-97df37ac9f51"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001E1&BillID=H3&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "29a4b14d04ea2273ac5dacb3f16454f329ceb9464b71d719d8be5972fd0ac3ff"
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 HB 3 (2001E1) — 2002 Primary Scheduling.

## 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/2001E1/Bills/House/PDF/H3v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001E1/Bills/House/PDF/H3v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001E1/Bills/House/PDF/H3v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2002-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001E1/Bills/House/PDF/H3v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Culpepper — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-05-23** Ch. SL 2002-3 Extra Session `became-law`
- **2002-05-21** Ratified
- **2002-05-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2002-05-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2002-05-21** Placed On Cal For 5/21/2002
- **2002-05-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-05-21** Ref To Com On Redistricting `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-21** Rec From House
- **2002-05-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2002-05-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2002-05-17** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2002-05-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-05-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-05-14** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb172435-07ac-45e2-a5fc-97df37ac9f51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).