republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2001/sb-397.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	GED and Other Credit for Inmates.	GED and Other Credit for Inmates.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2001	SB 397	North Carolina SB 397 (2001)	bill	CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS EDUCATION JAILS PRESENTED PRISONERS PUBLIC RATIFIED SECONDARY EDUCATION SEN. BALLANCE CHAPTERED	enacted		5	22	2	2001-03-08	2001-06-14	openstates	ocd-bill/2c87a00d-af14-4940-9c6e-f1bb6c0a3f96	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S397&votesToView=all	daebd5339f27af1d0a0d0649e2cd634d962d25e4ed25b939f1dc0bc165b212be	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina SB 397 (2001) — GED and Other Credit for Inmates.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Edition 1 (committee substitute) — source
2. Edition 2 (committee substitute) — source
3. Edition 3 (committee substitute) — source
4. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
5. SL 2001-200 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Motion 8\To Concur — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 74–36 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ballance — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2001-06-14 Ch. SL 2001-200 became-law
• 2001-06-14 Signed By Gov. 6/14/2001 executive-signature
• 2001-06-07 Pres. To Gov. 6/7/2001 executive-receipt
• 2001-06-06 Ratified
• 2001-06-05 Concurred In H/com Sub amendment-passage
• 2001-06-04 Placed On Cal For 6/5/2001
• 2001-06-04 Withdrawn From Cal
• 2001-05-31 Placed On Cal For 6/4/2001
• 2001-05-31 Rec To Concur H Com Sub
• 2001-05-30 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2001-05-29 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2001-05-24 Postponed To 5/29/2001
• 2001-05-23 Placed On Cal For 5/24/2001
• 2001-05-22 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2001-05-22 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2001-04-02 Ref To Com On Judiciary II referral-committee
• 2001-04-02 Rec From Senate
• 2001-03-28 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2001-03-27 Com Substitute Adopted
• 2001-03-27 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2001-03-12 Ref To Com On Judiciary II referral-committee
• 2001-03-08 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2c87a00d-af14-4940-9c6e-f1bb6c0a3f96. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).