---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pilot Mountain/Dobson Even-Year Elections."
description: "Pilot Mountain/Dobson Even-Year Elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 859"
citation: "North Carolina SB 859 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTERS", "CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "ELECTIONS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MAYORS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS", "SURRY COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. EAST", "PILOT MOUNTAIN", "DOBSON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2012-05-22"
last_action: "2012-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d467fc4-4328-44ce-afe2-40b4de6530e7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S859&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b9bc603a111d4d3ce9e2be08743cb0d22378b1ff54c593dd6aeca18c16c5a15c"
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 859 (2011) — Pilot Mountain/Dobson Even-Year Elections.

## 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/S859v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S859v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S859v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S859v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S859v4.pdf)
6. **SL2012-47** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S859v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9\To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- East — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-06-21** Ch. SL 2012-47 `became-law`
- **2012-06-21** Ratified
- **2012-06-20** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/20/2012
- **2012-06-19** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2012-06-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2012
- **2012-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-06** Ref To Com On Government `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-06-06** Rec From Senate
- **2012-06-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2012-06-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-23** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-05-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d467fc4-4328-44ce-afe2-40b4de6530e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).