---
type: "Bill"
title: "Town of Halifax 250th."
description: "Town of Halifax 250th."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SJR 1562"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 1562 (2007)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["AWARDS", "HONORS & MEMORIALS", "COUNTIES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "HALIFAX COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. JONES", "HALIFAX"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-05-10"
last_action: "2007-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86c44e32-1574-469c-a6f4-ef41ad5e06d4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1562&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "441554c75e7d706e20a46bce4c004a85bf63a38333ba7174d0efef5f7571713a"
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 SJR 1562 (2007) — Town of Halifax 250th.

## 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/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1562v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1562v1.pdf)
3. **Res 2007-31** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1562v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jones — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-05-17** Ch. Res 2007-31 `became-law`
- **2007-05-17** Ratified
- **2007-05-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-16** Placed On Cal For 5/16/2007
- **2007-05-16** Cal Pursuant 32(a)
- **2007-05-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-15** Placed On Cal For 5/16/2007
- **2007-05-15** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2007-05-14** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86c44e32-1574-469c-a6f4-ef41ad5e06d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).