---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elizabeth City Charter Revised."
description: "Elizabeth City Charter Revised."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 636"
citation: "North Carolina HB 636 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BLANK BILL", "CHARTERS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. OWENS", "ELIZABETH CITY", "PASQUOTANK COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-14"
last_action: "2001-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd40801f-1986-4a23-9ae9-44846a529ce8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H636&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "930e0d34bcbe94070f797f08757bfa080df156359675ab52096850f3aa41f3ac"
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 636 (2001) — Elizabeth City Charter Revised.

## 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/H636v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H636v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H636v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-227** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H636v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Owens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-06-19** Ch. SL 2001-227 `became-law`
- **2001-06-19** Ratified
- **2001-06-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-06-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-05-17** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-05-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-05-07** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-07** Rec From House
- **2001-05-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-05-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **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`
- **2001-04-24** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-17** Re-ref Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-17** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-03-15** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd40801f-1986-4a23-9ae9-44846a529ce8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).