---
type: "Bill"
title: "Honor William Joseph Gaston."
description: "Honor William Joseph Gaston."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SJR 1469"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 1469 (2001)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["AWARDS", "HONORS & MEMORIALS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. CARPENTER", "GASTONIA", "GASTON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "GASTON", "WILLIAM JOSEPH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-06-27"
last_action: "2002-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb9beed8-a9ec-4517-8b42-5397dd2ecb4e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S1469&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e5c9a9e538519e18af460b029b718925d7b96c86e1900eb1a5829f77f275d838"
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 SJR 1469 (2001) — Honor William Joseph Gaston.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1469v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1469v2.pdf)
3. **Res 2002-13** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1469v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Ballantine — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-05** Ch. Res 2002-13 `became-law`
- **2002-09-05** Ratified
- **2002-09-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-08-22** Placed On Cal For 8/26/2002
- **2002-08-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-08-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-07-29** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-29** Rec From Senate
- **2002-07-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-07-24** Placed On Cal For 7/24/2002
- **2002-07-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2002-07-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-07-16** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2002-07-15** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2002
- **2002-07-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2002-07-15** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2002-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2002
- **2002-07-10** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2002-07-01** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb9beed8-a9ec-4517-8b42-5397dd2ecb4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).