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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Gates Elections."
+description: "Gates Elections."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2001"
+identifier: "SB 678"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 678 (2001)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "SEN. BALLANCE", "GATES COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2001-03-21"
+last_action: "2001-05-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3de44d35-1b58-4930-bc87-e50279630ad6"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S678&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "0eaa0e93da98a72b62caa482d91cd3b925369830d41fe52406cf0abde2821e6a"
+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 678 (2001) — Gates Elections.
+
+## 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/S678v1.pdf)
+2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S678v2.pdf)
+3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S678v3.pdf)
+4. **SL 2001-63** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S678v4.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
+- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ballance — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2001-05-14** Ch. SL 2001-63 `became-law`
+- **2001-05-14** Ratified
+- **2001-05-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2001-05-09** Placed On Cal For 5/10/2001
+- **2001-05-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2001-05-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2001-04-18** Ref To Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
+- **2001-04-18** Rec From Senate
+- **2001-04-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2001-04-12** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2001-04-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2001-03-22** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2001-03-21** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3de44d35-1b58-4930-bc87-e50279630ad6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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