---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charlotte Area Sphere of Influence."
description: "Charlotte Area Sphere of Influence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 535"
citation: "North Carolina SB 535 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "EXTRATERRITORIALITY", "LOCAL", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "MECKLENBURG COUNTY", "CHARLOTTE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2001-03-15"
last_action: "2001-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a255f60-afbe-4a8b-a112-6daab48ed784"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S535&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6e31309b0870303d6f5e7b0e08f6cfbb55b59e230f521522f94bec870ffd45ce"
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 535 (2001) — Charlotte Area Sphere of Influence.

## 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/S535v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S535v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S535v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S535v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-228** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S535v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Odom — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-06-21** Ch. SL 2001-228 `became-law`
- **2001-06-21** Ratified
- **2001-06-20** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/20/2001
- **2001-06-19** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-06-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2001
- **2001-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-06-06** Re-ref Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-06** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-06-05** Placed On Cal For 6/6/2001
- **2001-06-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-06-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-11** Ref To Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-11** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-19** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a255f60-afbe-4a8b-a112-6daab48ed784`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).