---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eden Annexation Contracts."
description: "Eden Annexation Contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 408"
citation: "North Carolina SB 408 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "BLANK BILL", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. BERGER", "ROCKINGHAM COUNTY", "EDEN", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-12"
last_action: "2003-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf9da1cd-906f-4cc6-bfc1-591b7445cbbe"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S408&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "38fecdc60ec81c27c70f635a3195829e358a5fd4d518067ef47b5a1ed6a7a648"
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 408 (2003) — Eden Annexation Contracts.

## 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/S408v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S408v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S408v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S408v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-316** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S408v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-10** Ch. SL 2003-316 `became-law`
- **2003-07-10** Ratified
- **2003-07-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-07-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-27** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2003
- **2003-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-06-11** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-11** Rec From Senate
- **2003-06-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-06-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-28** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-28** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-03-13** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `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/cf9da1cd-906f-4cc6-bfc1-591b7445cbbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).