---
type: "Bill"
title: "Chowan Subdivision Definition."
description: "Chowan Subdivision Definition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 765"
citation: "North Carolina HB 765 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "DEFINITIONS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "REP. CULPEPPER", "CHOWAN COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-26"
last_action: "2003-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/184fb0bf-77ec-48cc-a0bc-5b6532f3f714"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H765&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "cae2595899f8c7ac58a42ef0a7903e09a4db800544f2ad661a6b3c70e4eb634b"
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 765 (2003) — Chowan Subdivision Definition.

## 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/H765v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H765v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H765v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H765v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-79** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H765v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Culpepper — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-05-27** Ch. SL 2003-79 `became-law`
- **2003-05-22** Ratified
- **2003-05-21** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-20** Placed On Cal For 5/21/2003
- **2003-05-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-20** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-05-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-05-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-24** Ref To Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** Rec From House
- **2003-04-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-22** Placed On Cal For 4/23/2003
- **2003-04-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-27** Ref To Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/184fb0bf-77ec-48cc-a0bc-5b6532f3f714`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).