---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senate Joint Resolution"
description: "Senate Joint Resolution"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SJR 853"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 853 (2001)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["PARKS & RECREATION AREAS", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "SEN. HORTON", "WAKE COUNTY", "BURKE COUNTY", "WILKES COUNTY", "DARE COUNTY", "STOKES COUNTY", "ALLEGHANY COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-03"
last_action: "2001-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3838f549-991b-4bc6-a63a-7e1c15d7d655"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S853&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ac0521b7b88713992d9f4407384d2c1d26a0c583fd0471421ff5091f4fa236e1"
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 853 (2001) — Senate Joint Resolution

## 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/S853v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S853v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S853v3.pdf)
4. **Res 2001-18** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S853v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-06-11** Ch. Res 2001-18 `became-law`
- **2001-06-07** Ratified
- **2001-06-06** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2001-06-06** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2001-06-05** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-05-30** Re-ref Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-30** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-05-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-05-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-05-23** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-22** Placed On Cal For 5/23/2001
- **2001-05-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-23** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-19** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3838f549-991b-4bc6-a63a-7e1c15d7d655`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).