---
type: "Bill"
title: "Various Satellite Annexations."
description: "Various Satellite Annexations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 986"
citation: "North Carolina HB 986 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. MCLAWHORN", "REP. WARREN", "PENDER COUNTY", "GREENVILLE", "PITT COUNTY", "ELIZABETH CITY", "SURF CITY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. WILLIAMS", "AYDEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McLawhorn", "Warren"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-29"
last_action: "2005-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3273788c-44b7-48a7-8218-0296151a50ad"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H986&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "761ca04e46e97be0e5ed93153c9742986530ab6b7f7368027968bbd41076b539"
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 986 (2005) — Various Satellite Annexations.

## 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/H986v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H986v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H986v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H986v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H986v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H986v5.pdf)
7. **SL2005-71** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H986v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading\M11 Concur — **111–1** (pass) · lower
- M11 Concur — **115–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McLawhorn — primary (person)
- Warren — primary (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-06-01** Ch. SL 2005-71 `became-law`
- **2005-06-01** Ratified
- **2005-05-31** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2005-05-26** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2005-05-25** Placed On Cal For 5/26/2005
- **2005-05-19** Com Sub Ruled Material
- **2005-05-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-19** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-05-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-05-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-19** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-19** Rec From House
- **2005-04-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-04-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-13** Amends Ruled Material
- **2005-04-13** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-04-12** Placed On Cal For 4/13/2005
- **2005-04-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-04-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-30** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3273788c-44b7-48a7-8218-0296151a50ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).