---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lift Mecklenburg Muni. Zoning Sunset."
description: "Lift Mecklenburg Muni. Zoning Sunset."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 696"
citation: "North Carolina HB 696 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "REP. MCMAHAN", "MECKLENBURG COUNTY", "CHARLOTTE", "CORNELIUS", "DAVIDSON", "HUNTERSVILLE", "MATTHEWS", "SUNSETS", "PINEVILLE", "MINT HILL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2001-03-19"
last_action: "2001-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a733962-3dd8-46bc-a874-d39c0c853e87"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H696&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "98f8a721ea7c954f39e6fdd62b0508eb4990b3417258dc79ee0fabd5c886fcf0"
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 696 (2001) — Lift Mecklenburg Muni. Zoning Sunset.

## 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/H696v1.pdf)
2. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H696v2.pdf)
3. **SL 2001-276** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H696v3.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Easterling — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Harrington — cosponsor (person)
- McMahan — cosponsor (person)
- Rayfield — cosponsor (person)
- Saunders — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-12** Ch. SL 2001-276 `became-law`
- **2001-07-12** Ratified
- **2001-07-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-07-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-05** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-05** Rec From House
- **2001-04-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-03** Placed On Cal For 4/4/2001
- **2001-04-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-20** Ref To Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a733962-3dd8-46bc-a874-d39c0c853e87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).