---
type: "Bill"
title: "Butner Incorporation."
description: "Butner Incorporation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 986"
citation: "North Carolina HB 986 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUTNER ADVISORY COUNCIL", "CHARTERS", "COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPAL INCORPORATION", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. CRAWFORD", "GRANVILLE COUNTY", "BUTNER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-22"
last_action: "2007-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0f58a53-d55d-47e7-9cd5-3a6a294cb5f0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H986&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "30dd044e428a98b491812c79c327ab650489c34eb8519ddf2821dc6d17a4a8fc"
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 (2007) — Butner Incorporation.

## 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/H986v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H986v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H986v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H986v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H986v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H986v5.pdf)
7. **SL2007-269** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H986v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur\Sen. Amd. 1 — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crawford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-27** Ch. SL 2007-269 `became-law`
- **2007-07-27** Signed By Gov. 7/27/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-19** Ratified
- **2007-07-19** Concurred In S Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2007
- **2007-07-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-19** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2007-07-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-07-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2007
- **2007-07-18** Com Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-18** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-11** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-11** Rec From House
- **2007-07-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-07-10** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-07-03** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2007
- **2007-07-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-03** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-27** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-26** Ref to the Com on Local Government I and, if favorable, to the Com on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0f58a53-d55d-47e7-9cd5-3a6a294cb5f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).