---
type: "Bill"
title: "Redesignate Indians of Person Co. as Sappony."
description: "Redesignate Indians of Person Co. as Sappony."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 355"
citation: "North Carolina HB 355 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "INDIAN AFFAIRS COMN.", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "MINORITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRIBAL GOVERNMENT", "REP. G. ALLEN", "REP. SUTTON", "PERSON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-06"
last_action: "2003-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad97990a-4dfe-49d2-b0c0-3128450922cf"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H355&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "021c47618b97dedfad0eb4d409adcfa5bb24089eac497164d14cd8b098cee05f"
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 HB 355 (2003) — Redesignate Indians of Person Co. as Sappony.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H355v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H355v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H355v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H355v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-87** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H355v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **117–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- G. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Sutton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-02** Ch. SL 2003-87 `became-law`
- **2003-06-02** Signed By Gov. 5/29/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-05-20** Pres. To Gov. 5/20/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-19** Ratified
- **2003-05-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-31** Ref To Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Rec From House
- **2003-03-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-03-25** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-03-24** Placed On Cal For 3/25/2003
- **2003-03-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-03-19** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-10** Ref To Com On Military, Veterans and Indian Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad97990a-4dfe-49d2-b0c0-3128450922cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).