---
type: "Bill"
title: "Calypso Annexation."
description: "Calypso Annexation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 50"
citation: "North Carolina HB 50 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "CALYPSO", "CHAPTERED", "COUNTIES", "DUPLIN COUNTY", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcd8e5be-7753-4c53-a83e-35cb74717e15"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H50"
source_hash: "558a7e60d65dcf55cc7a6809f473591f6e952b84aa1e9f61bc91e63e6747f312"
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 50 (2021) — Calypso Annexation.

## Version chain

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

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H50v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABAF-24-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/52526/0/H50-ABAF-24-V-3)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H50v1.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H50v2.pdf)
5. **SL 2021-98** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H50v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dixon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-29** Ch. SL 2021-98 `became-law`
- **2021-07-29** Ratified
- **2021-07-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-07-26** Concurred In S Amend SA1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-07-26** Added to Calendar
- **2021-07-26** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2021-07-26** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
- **2021-07-26** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-07-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-07-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-07-21** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-07-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-30** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-02** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-11** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-03-11** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-03-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-09** Added to Calendar
- **2021-03-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-03-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-04** Ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcd8e5be-7753-4c53-a83e-35cb74717e15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).