---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cape Carteret Deannexation."
description: "Cape Carteret Deannexation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 289"
citation: "North Carolina SB 289 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "CARTERET COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. PRESTON", "CAPE CARTERET"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-09"
last_action: "2011-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5351c55-7fa1-4b67-bd39-f931b63a487d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S289&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5f0d0f157b324892edd05d6247d5ed3926382fa5b3d025013c0c13ab903b6864"
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 289 (2011) — Cape Carteret 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/Senate/PDF/S289v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S289v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S289v2.pdf)
4. **SL2011-167** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S289v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **107–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **105–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Preston — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-17** Ch. SL 2011-167 `became-law`
- **2011-06-17** Ratified
- **2011-06-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-06-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2011
- **2011-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-06-15** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/13/2011
- **2011-06-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/9/2011
- **2011-06-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-07** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-26** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-03-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5351c55-7fa1-4b67-bd39-f931b63a487d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).