republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2001/sb-243.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Red Light Cameras/Certain Municipalities."
description: "Red Light Cameras/Certain Municipalities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 243"
citation: "North Carolina SB 243 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETING", "CONTRACTS", "EDUCATION", "EVIDENCE", "FUNDING", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "MOTOR VEHICLE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PHOTOGRAPHY", "PRESENTED", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "SPEED LIMIT", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "SEN. PURCELL", "SEN. PLYLER", "DURHAM COUNTY", "NEW HANOVER COUNTY", "WAKE COUNTY", "UNION COUNTY", "STANLY COUNTY", "CATAWBA COUNTY", "CABARRUS COUNTY", "MONROE", "WILMINGTON", "RALEIGH", "MARSHVILLE", "PINEVILLE", "STALLINGS", "DARE COUNTY", "DURHAM", "HICKORY", "CARY", "CONCORD", "NAGS HEAD", "NEWTON", "MINERAL SPRINGS", "ALBEMARLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 10
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2001-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd68c592-f270-438d-b58f-4dc62e9d731a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S243&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1cb585c0150e69d3addb9a93449c13b1386025570faea413fdbb880256dd3dfa"
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 243 (2001) — Red Light Cameras/Certain Municipalities.

## 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/S243v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S243v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S243v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S243v4.pdf)
5. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S243v5.pdf)
6. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S243v6.pdf)
7. **Edition 7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S243v7.pdf)
8. **Edition 8** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S243v8.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S243v9.pdf)
10. **SL 2001-286** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S243v10.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **63–38** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Plyler — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-13** Ch. SL 2001-286 `became-law`
- **2001-07-13** Signed By Gov. 7/13/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-05** Pres. To Gov. 7/5/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-04** Ratified
- **2001-07-02** Conf Report Adopted
- **2001-06-28** Conf Report Adopted
- **2001-06-27** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2001
- **2001-06-27** Conf Com Reported
- **2001-06-27** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2001
- **2001-06-27** Conf Com Reported
- **2001-06-20** Conf Com Appointed
- **2001-06-19** Conf Com Appointed
- **2001-06-19** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2001-06-18** Placed On Cal For 6/19/2001
- **2001-06-18** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-06-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-06-14** Amend Adopted #2,#3 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-06-13** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-12** Placed On Cal For 6/13/2001
- **2001-06-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-06-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-05-16** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-05-15** Placed On Cal For 5/16/2001
- **2001-05-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-14** Reptd Without Prejudice
- **2001-04-16** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-02** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-02** Reptd Com Sub W/o Prejud
- **2001-03-26** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-26** Rec From Senate
- **2001-03-21** Engrossed
- **2001-03-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-03-21** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-20** Placed On Cal For 3/21/2001
- **2001-03-20** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-03-14** Placed On Cal For 3/20/2001
- **2001-03-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-03-14** Reconsidered 3rd Reading
- **2001-03-14** Recalled From House
- **2001-03-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-03-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-03-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-26** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd68c592-f270-438d-b58f-4dc62e9d731a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).