---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wilkes Fire Tax Dist. Boundaries."
description: "Wilkes Fire Tax Dist. Boundaries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 537"
citation: "North Carolina HB 537 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "WILKES COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "FIRE DISTRICTS", "REP. RANDLEMAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-30"
last_action: "2011-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/997b4997-3048-4204-8351-3b11e3550d9a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H537&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "18008dc1bc77f4a89994caef1eab7010800406f88e8966b9d21f459f4b01bd21"
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 537 (2011) — Wilkes Fire Tax Dist. Boundaries.

## 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/H537v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H537v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H537v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H537v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-86** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H537v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Randleman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-05-23** Ch. SL 2011-86 `became-law`
- **2011-05-23** Ratified
- **2011-05-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-05-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-27** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-27** Rec From House
- **2011-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-04-21** Postponed To 4/26/2011
- **2011-04-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-04-20** Placed On Cal For 4/21/2011
- **2011-04-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-04-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-14** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-31** Ref to the Com on Government, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/997b4997-3048-4204-8351-3b11e3550d9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).