---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sutton 5."
description: "Sutton 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001E1"
identifier: "HB 4"
citation: "North Carolina HB 4 (2001E1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REDISTRICTING", "REP. SUTTON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-05-14"
last_action: "2002-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10666868-9c7e-40a8-9da1-c8b8b02bbd87"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001E1&BillID=H4&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "83e677569533c658ef0af921d3f1121cd88a22817172b4c96d8593e124ad8fb3"
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 4 (2001E1) — Sutton 5.

## 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/H4v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001E1/Bills/House/PDF/H4v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001E1/Bills/House/PDF/H4v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2002-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001E1/Bills/House/PDF/H4v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **24–6** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur\Sen. Amd. 1 — **62–53** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sutton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-05-20** Ch. SL 2002-1 Extra Session `became-law`
- **2002-05-17** Pres. To Gov. 5/17/2002 `executive-receipt`
- **2002-05-17** Ratified
- **2002-05-17** Concurred In S Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-17** Placed On Cal For 5/17/2002
- **2002-05-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-05-17** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2002-05-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-05-17** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-17** Placed On Cal For 5/17/2002
- **2002-05-17** Rec From House
- **2002-05-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-05-17** Placed On Cal For 5/17/2002
- **2002-05-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-05-14** Ref To Com On 2002 Extra Session House Select Committee on Redistricting `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/10666868-9c7e-40a8-9da1-c8b8b02bbd87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).