---
type: "Bill"
title: "Weldon Annexation Agreement."
description: "Weldon Annexation Agreement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 551"
citation: "North Carolina SB 551 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "BIDS & BIDDING", "BLANK BILL", "CONSTRUCTION", "CONTRACTS", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. BALLANCE", "HALIFAX COUNTY", "WELDON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-19"
last_action: "2001-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e7935d7-49fc-46f4-81cb-c7176e285368"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S551&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7415c4048176b0b7f24d273e2833dfac8d3ee0a5f93340e294c7587f5c9aa4d8"
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 551 (2001) — Weldon Annexation Agreement.

## 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/S551v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S551v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S551v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-425** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S551v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballance — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-09-26** Ch. SL 2001-425 `became-law`
- **2001-09-26** Ratified
- **2001-09-25** Concurred In H Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-25** Placed On Cal For 9/25/2001
- **2001-09-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-09-25** Placed On Cal For 9/26/2001
- **2001-09-25** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2001-09-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-09-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-09-20** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-19** Placed On Cal For 9/20/2001
- **2001-09-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-09-19** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-09-18** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2001-09-18** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-09-17** Placed On Cal For 9/18/2001
- **2001-09-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-09-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-08-28** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-08-28** Rec From Senate
- **2001-08-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-08-21** Placed On Cal For 8/23/2001
- **2001-08-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-08-14** Placed On Cal For 8/21/2001
- **2001-08-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-08-08** Placed On Cal For 8/14/2001
- **2001-08-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-08-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-07-31** Placed On Cal For 8/7/2001
- **2001-07-31** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-07-26** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2001
- **2001-07-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-07-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-07-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-07-24** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-24** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-03-20** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `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/1e7935d7-49fc-46f4-81cb-c7176e285368`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).