---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gates Elections."
description: "Gates Elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 678"
citation: "North Carolina SB 678 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "SEN. BALLANCE", "GATES COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-21"
last_action: "2001-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3de44d35-1b58-4930-bc87-e50279630ad6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S678&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0eaa0e93da98a72b62caa482d91cd3b925369830d41fe52406cf0abde2821e6a"
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 678 (2001) — Gates Elections.

## 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/S678v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S678v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S678v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-63** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S678v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballance — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-14** Ch. SL 2001-63 `became-law`
- **2001-05-14** Ratified
- **2001-05-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-09** Placed On Cal For 5/10/2001
- **2001-05-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-18** Ref To Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-22** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3de44d35-1b58-4930-bc87-e50279630ad6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).