---
type: "Bill"
title: "Kannapolis/Concord Doughnut Hole Annexations."
description: "Kannapolis/Concord Doughnut Hole Annexations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 1444"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1444 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "ROWAN COUNTY", "CONCORD", "CHAPTERED", "KANNAPOLIS", "CABARRUS COUNTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-05-26"
last_action: "2010-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b6c6f2a-ca22-4f55-b5be-fa7057e93b35"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S1444&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8283e0df6030faa54122db90f35aa0ce92229d6443c431da6bda79471a10417f"
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 1444 (2009) — Kannapolis/Concord Doughnut Hole Annexations.

## 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/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1444v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARBX-77-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/2680/0/S1444-ARBX-77-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1444v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1444v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1444v3.pdf)
6. **SL2010-86** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1444v4.pdf)

## Votes

- House Amd. 1\Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- House Amd. 1\Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-10** Ch. SL 2010-86 `became-law`
- **2010-07-10** Ratified
- **2010-07-10** Concurred In H Amend # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-09** Concurred In H Amend # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-08** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2010-07-08** Rec From House
- **2010-07-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2010-07-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-07-06** Amends Ruled Material
- **2010-07-06** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-06** Reconsidered 2nd Reading
- **2010-07-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/6/2010
- **2010-07-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-07-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-30** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-23** Ref to the Com on Local Government II, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-06-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2010-06-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-06-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-06-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-27** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b6c6f2a-ca22-4f55-b5be-fa7057e93b35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).