---
type: "Bill"
title: "Incorporate Ossipee."
description: "Incorporate Ossipee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1679"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1679 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS BOARDS", "LOCAL", "MUNICIPAL INCORPORATION", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES", "REP. ALLRED", "REP. COLE", "REP. TEAGUE", "ALAMANCE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "OSSIPEE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allred", "Cole"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-06-12"
last_action: "2002-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a33df967-268f-4623-8e10-85a3501a10a5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1679&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b2fac58b6abe45cdc14c85e3510158e32c0afdb4cd657759bc4bae6fb6554ae5"
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 1679 (2001) — Incorporate Ossipee.

## 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/House/PDF/H1679v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1679v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1679v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2002-137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1679v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allred — primary (person)
- Cole — primary (person)
- Teague — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-10-03** Ch. SL 2002-137 `became-law`
- **2002-10-03** Ratified
- **2002-10-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2002-10-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2002-10-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-10-01** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2002-10-01** Rec From House
- **2002-10-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2002-09-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2002-09-26** Placed On Cal For 9/30/2002
- **2002-09-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-09-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-06-13** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a33df967-268f-4623-8e10-85a3501a10a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).