republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2001/sb-641.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	Expand Definition of Universal Service.	Expand Definition of Universal Service.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2001	SB 641	North Carolina SB 641 (2001)	bill	ADMINISTRATIVE RULES INTERNET PRESENTED PUBLIC RATIFIED TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES UTILITIES COMN. SEN. REEVES CHAPTERED	enacted		3	14	2	2001-03-21	2002-07-15	openstates	ocd-bill/13819ca4-25fc-44f7-ac9e-714abad68dfa	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S641&votesToView=all	1795115464d98677d75523d6a2b78653fa1f6fd2350dfb9d259cc1dc6c3d1587	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina SB 641 (2001) — Expand Definition of Universal Service.

Version chain

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

1. Edition 1 (committee substitute) — source
2. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
3. SL 2002-14 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Second Reading — 101–6 (pass) · lower
• Second Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ballantine — cosponsor (person)
• Foxx — cosponsor (person)
• Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
• Reeves — cosponsor (person)
• Wellons — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2002-07-15 Ch. SL 2002-14 became-law
• 2002-07-15 Signed By Gov. 7/11/2002 executive-signature
• 2002-07-09 Pres. To Gov. 7/9/2002 executive-receipt
• 2002-07-08 Ratified
• 2002-07-03 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2002-07-02 Placed On Cal For 7/3/2002
• 2002-06-26 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2002-06-26 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2001-04-25 Ref To Com On Public Utilities referral-committee
• 2001-04-25 Rec From Senate
• 2001-04-23 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2001-04-19 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2001-03-22 Ref To Com On Commerce referral-committee
• 2001-03-21 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/13819ca4-25fc-44f7-ac9e-714abad68dfa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).