---
type: "Bill"
title: "Midland."
description: "Midland."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 255"
citation: "North Carolina SB 255 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "CHARTERS", "CITY COUNCILS", "EXTRATERRITORIALITY", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "TITLE CHANGE", "MIDLAND", "ALAMANCE COUNTY", "ELON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-26"
last_action: "2001-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80708f33-4d1f-4f69-a78d-851c46bab0b2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S255&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "06decbf919fa053da2709425a9439c34f4622340806df89b16c034b15c3820a3"
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 SB 255 (2001) — Midland.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S255v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S255v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S255v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S255v4.pdf)
5. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S255v5.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S255v6.pdf)
7. **SL 2001-366** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S255v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-14** Ch. SL 2001-366 `became-law`
- **2001-08-14** Ratified
- **2001-08-13** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2001-08-09** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2001-08-08** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-08-06** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-08-06** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-08-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-07-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-07-31** Amend Adopted #1,#2 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-30** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2001
- **2001-07-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-26** Reptd Com Sub w/o Prejud
- **2001-07-24** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-24** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-07-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/23/2001
- **2001-07-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-07-17** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-14** Ref To Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-14** Rec From Senate
- **2001-03-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-03-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-03-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-27** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80708f33-4d1f-4f69-a78d-851c46bab0b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).