---
type: "Bill"
title: "Grifton/Deannexation."
description: "Grifton/Deannexation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 191"
citation: "North Carolina HB 191 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "PITT COUNTY", "LENOIR COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "GRIFTON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-28"
last_action: "2013-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e316f53c-1906-448d-97ed-b57f1ef3d582"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H191&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1618fa6e65b0ba4fd4c8e87843cc9b8afee75f214e5146bec194ab2ff88e2535"
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 191 (2013) — Grifton/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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H191v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H191v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H191v2.pdf)
4. **SL2013-315** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H191v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-22** Ch. SL 2013-315 `became-law`
- **2013-07-22** Ratified
- **2013-07-18** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-07-02** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-01** Ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-01** Rec From House
- **2013-03-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-03-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-26** Placed On Cal For 03/27/2013
- **2013-03-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-03-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-18** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-04** Ref to the Com on Government, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e316f53c-1906-448d-97ed-b57f1ef3d582`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).