---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rutherford Referendum."
description: "Rutherford Referendum."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 654"
citation: "North Carolina SB 654 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "ELECTIONS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES", "SEN. DALTON", "RUTHERFORD COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-07"
last_action: "2007-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b95ad138-b43a-4bfa-af49-f8de434498b2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S654&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1258459a33eb4041f6772fe3700358f11a8b2b5138c934649aa08637f0d37e0e"
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 654 (2007) — Rutherford Referendum.

## 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/S654v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S654v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S654v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S654v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S654v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion 8\To Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dalton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-28** Ch. SL 2007-137 `became-law`
- **2007-06-28** Ratified
- **2007-06-27** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-26** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2007
- **2007-06-26** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-06-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-21** Placed On Cal For 6/25/2007
- **2007-06-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-16** Ref To Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-12** Ref To Com On State & Local Government `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/b95ad138-b43a-4bfa-af49-f8de434498b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).