---
type: "Bill"
title: "Town of Columbia/Deannexation."
description: "Town of Columbia/Deannexation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 963"
citation: "North Carolina HB 963 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "REP. OWENS", "TYRRELL COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "COLUMBIA"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-05-16"
last_action: "2012-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/874e2e05-a405-40bb-9b1f-fbebd90f1331"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H963&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "92c3d100d3e1c2e5d80ca1ee165ca0d587615b9f00b6230f862f7bce8ae2df36"
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 963 (2011) — Town of Columbia/Deannexation.

## 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/H963v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H963v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H963v2.pdf)
4. **SL2012-98** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H963v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Owens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-06-28** Ch. SL 2012-98 `became-law`
- **2012-06-28** Ratified
- **2012-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2012-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-06-27** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2012
- **2012-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-26** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-14** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Rec From House
- **2012-06-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2012-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-06-12** Placed On Cal For 6/13/2012
- **2012-06-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-31** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-17** Ref to the Com on Government, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-05-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/874e2e05-a405-40bb-9b1f-fbebd90f1331`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).