---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wilson Deannexation."
description: "Wilson Deannexation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 327"
citation: "North Carolina SB 327 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "BLANK BILL", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. WELLONS", "WILSON COUNTY", "JOHNSTON COUNTY", "FRANKLIN COUNTY", "VANCE COUNTY", "WILSON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-01"
last_action: "2001-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79a9d3c1-aa60-4388-b0a7-4c417852b501"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S327&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2fd35b3f2d9f7f13e4bd61798a8f94e4a56b02348af0438bde2b8517d9caa663"
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 327 (2001) — Wilson Deannexation.

## 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/S327v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S327v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S327v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-161** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S327v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wellons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-31** Ch. SL 2001-161 `became-law`
- **2001-05-31** Ratified
- **2001-05-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-05-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-05-24** Postponed To 5/29/2001
- **2001-05-09** Postponed To 5/24/2001
- **2001-05-08** Placed On Cal For 5/9/2001
- **2001-05-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-25** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-04-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-04-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-16** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-03-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79a9d3c1-aa60-4388-b0a7-4c417852b501`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).