---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cabarrus Annexation Moratorium."
description: "Cabarrus Annexation Moratorium."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 317"
citation: "North Carolina SB 317 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "BLANK BILL", "COMMERCE", "COUNTIES", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MORATORIUMS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. HARTSELL", "CABARRUS COUNTY", "ROWAN COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-05"
last_action: "2003-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08d6fd1e-2284-4e42-8f3c-73816e41870d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S317&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "df9c7b8cdd9e11fcd0110101b50f79a56e1c55d7b785f703b3dc492f65af919b"
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 SB 317 (2003) — Cabarrus Annexation Moratorium.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S317v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S317v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S317v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S317v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S317v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S317v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2003-326** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S317v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-18** Ch. SL 2003-326 `became-law`
- **2003-07-18** Ratified
- **2003-07-18** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2003
- **2003-07-17** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-07-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-07-17** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-07-16** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-15** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2003
- **2003-07-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-07-10** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-10** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-05-20** Ref To Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-20** Rec From Senate
- **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`
- **2003-05-08** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-08** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-03-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08d6fd1e-2284-4e42-8f3c-73816e41870d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).