---
type: "Bill"
title: "Weaverville, Buncombe & Henderson."
description: "Weaverville, Buncombe & Henderson."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 531"
citation: "North Carolina HB 531 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "COUNTIES", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EXTRATERRITORIALITY", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "BUNCOMBE COUNTY", "HENDERSON COUNTY", "ASHEVILLE", "CHAPTERED", "FIRE DISTRICTS", "LOCAL ORDINANCES", "WEAVERVILLE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramsey"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-02"
last_action: "2014-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6835dcc-ef96-463f-8bf4-425913f2e601"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H531&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "efa54454b6594629d74272b52f5233644beea83061c812b2d228fa87b19fdd86"
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 531 (2013) — Weaverville, Buncombe & Henderson.

## 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/H531v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALB-46-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/4526/0/H531-ALB-46-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H531v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H531v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H531v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H531v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H531v5.pdf)
8. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H531v6.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H531v7.pdf)
10. **SL2014-26** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H531v8.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur R2 Ruled Mat'l — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- M11 Concur R3 Ruled Mat'l — **80–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ramsey — primary (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-06-24** Ch. SL 2014-26 `became-law`
- **2014-06-24** Ratified
- **2014-06-23** Ordered Enrolled
- **2014-06-23** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2014-06-19** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2014-06-18** Placed On Cal For 06/19/2014
- **2014-06-18** Ruled Material
- **2014-06-18** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2014-06-17** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2014-06-17** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2014-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2014-06-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-06-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2014-06-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-07-16** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-07-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-01** Ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-01** Rec From House
- **2013-04-30** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-04-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-30** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-25** Placed On Cal For 04/30/2013
- **2013-04-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-15** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-04** Ref to the Com on Government, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6835dcc-ef96-463f-8bf4-425913f2e601`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).