---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wrightsville Beach Deannex/Wilmington Annex."
description: "Wrightsville Beach Deannex/Wilmington Annex."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 523"
citation: "North Carolina SB 523 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "CORPORATIONS", "NONPROFIT", "COUNTIES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REVENUE DEPT.", "SESSION LAWS", "TAX REFUNDS", "TAX RETURNS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "CORPORATE INCOME", "TITLE CHANGE", "NEW HANOVER COUNTY", "WILMINGTON", "WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rabon", "Rucho"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-28"
last_action: "2014-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a92ffc42-bee3-4274-b4bb-6c17328751b0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S523&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4e22fb534faf522eff298c31a6be8847ad4169627cecd0371408e1e29542d684"
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 523 (2013) — Wrightsville Beach Deannex/Wilmington Annex.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S523v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S523v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S523v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S523v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S523v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S523v5.pdf)
7. **SL2014-45** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S523v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur Third Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion 9 To Concur Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rabon — primary (person)
- Rucho — primary (person)
- Meredith — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-06-30** Ch. SL 2014-45 `became-law`
- **2014-06-30** Ratified
- **2014-06-30** Ordered Enrolled
- **2014-06-30** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2014-06-26** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2014-06-26** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2014-06-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2014-06-25** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2014-06-25** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2014-06-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2014-06-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-06-23** Placed On Cal For 06/24/2014
- **2014-06-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2014-06-23** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-07-26** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-07-25** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2013-07-25** Fiscal Note Requested for A2
- **2013-07-25** Amend Pending A2
- **2013-07-25** Amendment Withdrawn A1 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2013-07-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-23** Placed On Cal For 07/24/2013
- **2013-07-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-07-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-16** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Rec From Senate
- **2013-05-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-05-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-01** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a92ffc42-bee3-4274-b4bb-6c17328751b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).