---
type: "Bill"
title: "Atlantic Beach Annexation."
description: "Atlantic Beach Annexation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 616"
citation: "North Carolina HB 616 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "BLANK BILL", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. SMITH", "CARTERET COUNTY", "ATLANTIC BEACH", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-13"
last_action: "2001-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/252eeb2f-4242-451b-95d2-02b42567f801"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H616&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d1942c64721778514b4e135b7df94cb1f9d4fa219be7b03af6d58b907f2a6b61"
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 616 (2001) — Atlantic Beach Annexation.

## 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/H616v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H616v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H616v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H616v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-29** Ch. SL 2001-137 `became-law`
- **2001-05-29** Ratified
- **2001-05-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-05-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-05-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-05-09** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-09** Rec From House
- **2001-05-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-05-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-05-03** Postponed To 5/7/2001
- **2001-05-02** Postponed To 5/3/2001
- **2001-05-01** Placed On Cal For 5/2/2001
- **2001-05-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-19** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-10** Re-ref Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-10** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-03-14** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/252eeb2f-4242-451b-95d2-02b42567f801`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).