---
type: "Bill"
title: "Honor John Lawson."
description: "Honor John Lawson."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HJR 833"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 833 (2001)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["AWARDS", "HONORS & MEMORIALS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "REP. MCLAWHORN", "LAWSON", "JOHN", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-27"
last_action: "2001-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c16f374c-6778-4af2-82d8-b54ff4947203"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H833&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3246d6468df86ffffc8fa66aa9b2a795d5bd2a1be61f46e50b4a40b0b665d13c"
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 833 (2001) — Honor John Lawson.

## 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/H833v1.pdf)
2. **Res 2001-34** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H833v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)
- Bonner — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Yongue — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-04** Ch. Res 2001-34 `became-law`
- **2001-10-04** Ratified
- **2001-10-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-10-02** Placed On Cal For 10/3/2001
- **2001-10-02** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-07-18** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-18** Rec From House
- **2001-07-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2001
- **2001-07-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-07-09** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-09** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-06-04** Re-ref Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-04** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-03-28** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c16f374c-6778-4af2-82d8-b54ff4947203`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).