---
type: "Bill"
title: "2002 Primary Scheduling."
description: "2002 Primary Scheduling."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001E1"
identifier: "SB 2"
citation: "North Carolina SB 2 (2001E1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AOC", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "CALENDAR", "CONSTITUTION", "NC", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-05-14"
last_action: "2002-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/645c5496-29d6-4b59-a583-fce22e13b4d9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001E1&BillID=S2&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "586a610c773aebc7f78f3476d81e709ccdfb08bb9b208d7306ecae57b61fb767"
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 2 (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/Senate/PDF/S2v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001E1/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001E1/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001E1/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001E1/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2002-21** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001E1/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-07-17** Ch. SL 2002-21 `became-law`
- **2002-07-17** Signed By Gov. 7/16/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2002-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/16/2002 `executive-receipt`
- **2002-07-16** Ratified
- **2002-07-16** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2002-07-15** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2002
- **2002-07-15** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2002-07-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-07-15** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2002
- **2002-07-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-07-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-05-16** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-16** Rec From Senate
- **2002-05-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2002-05-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2002-05-16** Amend Adopted #5 `amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-16** Amend Failed #4 `amendment-failure`
- **2002-05-16** Amendment Withdrawn #3 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2002-05-16** Amend Failed #2 `amendment-failure`
- **2002-05-16** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-15** Placed On Cal For 5/16/2002
- **2002-05-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2002-05-15** Placed On Cal For 5/15/2002
- **2002-05-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2002-05-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-05-14** Ref To Com 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/645c5496-29d6-4b59-a583-fce22e13b4d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).