---
type: "Bill"
title: "River Bend Annexations/ETJ."
description: "River Bend Annexations/ETJ."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 616"
citation: "North Carolina SB 616 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "CHARTERS", "COUNTIES", "EXTRATERRITORIALITY", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "GASTON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. PRESTON", "RIVER BEND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-07"
last_action: "2007-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/526408e6-af6c-4c8a-a6b7-736153f26856"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S616&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7ae90d71f2d132cb959546eea0aac2d393ec9fb69e432077cce7257051fb9036"
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 616 (2007) — River Bend Annexations/ETJ.

## 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/S616v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S616v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S616v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S616v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S616v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-334** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S616v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Preston — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-02** Ch. SL 2007-334 `became-law`
- **2007-08-02** Ratified
- **2007-08-01** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2007-07-31** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2007-07-30** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2007
- **2007-07-30** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-07-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-07-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-07-26** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2007
- **2007-07-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-25** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-29** Ref to the Com on Local Government II and, if favorable, to the Com on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-03-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-03-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-12** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/526408e6-af6c-4c8a-a6b7-736153f26856`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).