---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rowan 250th."
description: "Rowan 250th."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HJR 681"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 681 (2003)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["AWARDS", "HONORS & MEMORIALS", "COUNTIES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "REP. COATES", "REP. MCCOMBS", "ROWAN COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "ROWAN", "MATTHEW"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coates"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-25"
last_action: "2003-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5d64ed7-79bd-432a-831c-cde931ebfdb7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H681&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "729f30bf90f5121147e1ea9151d35b7967e135539e49192c69c961b308da6016"
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 HJR 681 (2003) — Rowan 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/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H681v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H681v1.pdf)
3. **Res 2003-8** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H681v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Coates — primary (person)
- McCombs — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-04-10** Ch. Res 2003-8 `became-law`
- **2003-04-10** Ratified
- **2003-04-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-10** Placed On Cal For 4/10/2003
- **2003-04-10** Rec From House
- **2003-04-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-08** Placed On Cal For 4/9/2003
- **2003-04-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-26** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5d64ed7-79bd-432a-831c-cde931ebfdb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).