---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dortches/Morganton Deannexation."
description: "Dortches/Morganton Deannexation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 2656"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2656 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "NASH COUNTY", "BURKE COUNTY", "MORGANTON", "CHAPTERED", "REP. DAUGHTRIDGE", "DORTCHES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-05-24"
last_action: "2006-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e911f28b-442a-47a4-a07d-234e7efd8f4f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H2656&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1f00e908c11aeb2d6867fdeb16b0d90a117ca7d0ca9ac93eed372ef02197cd3b"
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 HB 2656 (2005) — Dortches/Morganton Deannexation.

## 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2656v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2656v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2656v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2656v3.pdf)
5. **SL2006-56** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2656v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daughtridge — cosponsor (person)
- L. Allen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-06-30** Ch. SL 2006-56 `became-law`
- **2006-06-30** Ratified
- **2006-06-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2006-06-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-26** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-26** Rec From House
- **2006-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2006-06-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-06-20** Placed On Cal For 6/21/2006
- **2006-06-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-06-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-07** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-05-25** Ref to the Com on Local Government I and, if favorable, to the Com on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2006-05-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e911f28b-442a-47a4-a07d-234e7efd8f4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).