---
type: "Bill"
title: "Honor Linwood Mercer."
description: "Honor Linwood Mercer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HJR 1778"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 1778 (2001)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["AWARDS", "HONORS & MEMORIALS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "MEMBERSHIP", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "REP. WARREN", "CHAPTERED", "MERCER", "LINWOOD EBORN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-07-22"
last_action: "2002-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c0dc0af-3550-4f61-b9e6-03b05187c704"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1778&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4a8b3b9e6e00116ea3c1d571bbb28830f6b507451fd4a8a57a7cb4807eab4883"
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 HJR 1778 (2001) — Honor Linwood Mercer.

## 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/House/PDF/H1778v1.pdf)
2. **Res 2002-10** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1778v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Black — cosponsor (person)
- Bonner — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Culpepper — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Easterling — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Fox — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Haire — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Nye — cosponsor (person)
- Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Saunders — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Sutton — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Wright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-08-19** Ch. Res 2002-11 `became-law`
- **2002-08-19** Ratified
- **2002-08-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-08-14** Placed On Cal For 8/15/2002
- **2002-08-14** Rec From House
- **2002-08-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-08-14** Placed On Cal For 8/14/2002
- **2002-08-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-08-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-07-23** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c0dc0af-3550-4f61-b9e6-03b05187c704`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).