---
type: "Bill"
title: "Columbia Annexation."
description: "Columbia Annexation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1144"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1144 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "REP. OWENS", "TYRRELL COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "COLUMBIA"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-27"
last_action: "2007-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3fc3d11-5793-46e6-9e5a-5c6892961559"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1144&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b06898f830f6b6196f7f383a42be90b080660201db89a46291dc55a5c516fcad"
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 1144 (2007) — Columbia 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1144v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1144v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1144v2.pdf)
4. **SL2007-140** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1144v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Owens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-29** Ch. SL 2007-140 `became-law`
- **2007-06-29** Ratified
- **2007-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-06-27** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2007
- **2007-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-31** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-31** Rec From House
- **2007-05-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-05-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Placed On Cal For 5/29/2007
- **2007-05-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-10** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-28** Ref to the Com on Local Government I and, if favorable, to the Com on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3fc3d11-5793-46e6-9e5a-5c6892961559`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).