---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wake/Kinston Local Act."
description: "Wake/Kinston Local Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 278"
citation: "North Carolina HB 278 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CALENDAR", "CITY MANAGERS", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "COUNTIES", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "INVESTMENTS", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PARKS & RECREATION AREAS", "PERSONNEL", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "TAXIS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "ONSLOW COUNTY", "WAKE COUNTY", "RECORDS", "LENOIR COUNTY", "RALEIGH", "FUQUAY-VARINA", "KNIGHTDALE", "GARNER", "CARY", "WAKE FOREST", "KINSTON", "MORRISVILLE", "CHAPTERED", "WENDELL", "HOLLY SPRINGS", "APEX", "ZEBULON", "ROLESVILLE", "REP. HASTINGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-08"
last_action: "2012-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcb3fa50-aa77-423c-93f4-4885f332d56b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H278&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3c56d44fd1624bb8dea13c717f6f24aa46a675c99d1ccafb4008a709d896a9ac"
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 HB 278 (2011) — Wake/Kinston Local Act.

## 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H278v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H278v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H278v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H278v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H278v4.pdf)
6. **SL2012-139** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H278v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Stam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-07-02** Ch. SL 2012-139 `became-law`
- **2012-07-02** Ratified
- **2012-07-02** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-29** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2012
- **2012-06-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-29** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2012-06-28** Rec From Senate
- **2012-06-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2012
- **2012-06-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2012-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-06** Rec From House
- **2011-04-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-04** Placed On Cal For 4/5/2011
- **2011-04-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-04-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-10** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcb3fa50-aa77-423c-93f4-4885f332d56b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).