---
type: "Bill"
title: "Union Co. Bd. Comm. Districts."
description: "Union Co. Bd. Comm. Districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 398"
citation: "North Carolina SB 398 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "ELECTIONS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. PURCELL", "UNION COUNTY", "STANLY COUNTY", "NORWOOD", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-27"
last_action: "2007-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94ce4d32-4c0d-4b77-9b81-76ec054ab40c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S398&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d1dbc1da0bdd15b4f8115d79d3f68ad7bc1d8ca4ca44361677656955d28833ae"
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 398 (2007) — Union Co. Bd. Comm. Districts.

## 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/S398v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S398v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S398v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S398v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-328** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S398v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **61–49** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **28–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Purcell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-01** Ch. SL 2007-328 `became-law`
- **2007-08-01** Ratified
- **2007-07-31** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-24** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2007
- **2007-07-24** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-07-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-07-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-07-18** Postponed To 7/19/2007
- **2007-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2007
- **2007-07-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-17** Serial Referral Stricken
- **2007-07-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-26** Re-ref to the Com on Local Government I and, if favorable, to the Com on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-26** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2007-03-21** Ref to the Com on Local Government II and, if favorable, to the Com on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-03-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-28** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94ce4d32-4c0d-4b77-9b81-76ec054ab40c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).