---
type: "Bill"
title: "Raeford Annexation."
description: "Raeford Annexation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 396"
citation: "North Carolina SB 396 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "TRANSPORTATION", "SEN. WEINSTEIN", "HOKE COUNTY", "RAEFORD", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-12"
last_action: "2003-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14dc8366-f217-4b21-80d0-542f9573af8d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S396&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "393eab3ab6bb8fb58c9d7928ccf5004866dd3eedaf2f63d83867e2ba6d30a38f"
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 396 (2003) — Raeford Annexation.

## 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/S396v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S396v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S396v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2003-17** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S396v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-04-22** Ch. SL 2003-17 `became-law`
- **2003-04-22** Ratified
- **2003-04-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-04-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-14** Placed On Cal For 4/15/2003
- **2003-04-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-01** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-01** Rec From Senate
- **2003-03-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-03-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-13** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14dc8366-f217-4b21-80d0-542f9573af8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).