---
type: "Bill"
title: "Kannapolis/Deannexation."
description: "Kannapolis/Deannexation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 261"
citation: "North Carolina HB 261 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "ROWAN COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "KANNAPOLIS", "LANDIS", "CABARRUS COUNTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-07"
last_action: "2013-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32f152f7-a4bd-4a17-94ad-65b750296a79"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H261&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8527a3759a00820b98523702cdbbb4014d92d1cdfa21c2a9ce8eafa6ee959487"
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 261 (2013) — Kannapolis/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/H261v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H261v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H261v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H261v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H261v4.pdf)
6. **SL2013-212** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H261v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-27** Ch. SL 2013-212 `became-law`
- **2013-06-27** Ratified
- **2013-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-27** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2013
- **2013-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-06-26** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-06-26** Rec From Senate
- **2013-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-24** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2013
- **2013-06-24** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-05** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-06-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-15** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-15** Rec From House
- **2013-04-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-09** Placed On Cal For 04/10/2013
- **2013-04-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-11** Ref to the Com on Government, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32f152f7-a4bd-4a17-94ad-65b750296a79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).