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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Roanoke Rapids/Lumberton Deannexation."
+description: "Roanoke Rapids/Lumberton Deannexation."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2003"
+identifier: "HB 597"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 597 (2003)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "REP. HALL", "HALIFAX COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "ROANOKE RAPIDS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2003-03-20"
+last_action: "2003-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c1fc39f-0573-4e88-afd5-e41f29970511"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H597&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "3a8d7f5739291913a897f2a90c155c02def3e5afc0b8b7f60f44e849f8de9da9"
+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 HB 597 (2003) — Roanoke Rapids/Lumberton Deannexation.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H597v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H597v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H597v2.pdf)
+4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H597v3.pdf)
+5. **SL 2003-271** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H597v4.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- R2 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **108–0** (pass) · lower
+- R3 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2003-06-27** Ch. SL 2003-271 `became-law`
+- **2003-06-26** Ratified
+- **2003-06-25** Concurred On 3rd Reading
+- **2003-06-24** Concurred On 2nd Reading
+- **2003-06-23** Placed On Cal For 6/24/2003
+- **2003-06-17** Com Sub Ruled Material
+- **2003-06-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2003-06-17** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
+- **2003-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2003-06-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2003-06-10** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2003-06-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-04-22** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2003-04-22** Rec From House
+- **2003-04-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2003-04-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2003-04-10** Placed On Cal For 4/14/2003
+- **2003-04-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2003-04-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-03-24** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2003-03-20** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c1fc39f-0573-4e88-afd5-e41f29970511`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+