---
type: "Bill"
title: "Roanoke Rapids Annexation/ETJ/Weldon Annex."
description: "Roanoke Rapids Annexation/ETJ/Weldon Annex."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 446"
citation: "North Carolina HB 446 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "EXTRATERRITORIALITY", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "REP. HALL", "HALIFAX COUNTY", "WELDON", "CHAPTERED", "ROANOKE RAPIDS", "REP. L. ALLEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Allen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-01"
last_action: "2005-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/459bb9cf-5716-4bf4-bb25-591cabe1ea88"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H446&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d0e9880d47b6fa2a54d45b0dc3e6a947875d65fbbae8dbe051d807ccc9ccff5a"
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 446 (2005) — Roanoke Rapids Annexation/ETJ/Weldon Annex.

## 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H446v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H446v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H446v2.pdf)
4. **SL2005-9** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H446v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- L. Allen — primary (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-04-19** Ch. SL 2005-9 `became-law`
- **2005-04-19** Ratified
- **2005-04-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-04-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-05** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-05** Rec From House
- **2005-04-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-03-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-03-30** Placed On Cal For 3/31/2005
- **2005-03-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-03-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-02** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/459bb9cf-5716-4bf4-bb25-591cabe1ea88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).