---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal Stoneville Election Changes."
description: "Repeal Stoneville Election Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 2138"
citation: "North Carolina SB 2138 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTERS", "CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MAYORS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS", "ROCKINGHAM COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. P. BERGER", "STONEVILLE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2008-05-28"
last_action: "2008-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9149f2ae-ba35-40e9-8422-2603258582c6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S2138&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "33acf6f4f8d8fb510c022f00ae7877f9a0435f1f64fe65e24947759228b96655"
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 2138 (2007) — Repeal Stoneville Election Changes.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S2138v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2138v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2138v2.pdf)
4. **SL2008-9** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2138v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berger of Rockingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-06-25** Ch. SL 2008-9 `became-law`
- **2008-06-24** Ratified
- **2008-06-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2008
- **2008-06-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-17** Re-ref Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-17** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2008-06-16** Ref To Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-06-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-29** Ref To Com On State & Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9149f2ae-ba35-40e9-8422-2603258582c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).