---
type: "Bill"
title: "Town of Duck/Eminent Domain."
description: "Town of Duck/Eminent Domain."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 788"
citation: "North Carolina SB 788 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "EMINENT DOMAIN", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "DARE COUNTY", "DUCK", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-05-15"
last_action: "2014-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a72ae31-eefb-44b5-a398-c1b8a63669ea"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S788&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5598069bb1dd2501b0ec9e9d68a8afe8024d98b037283ced3b23f677e0f56a9c"
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 788 (2013) — Town of Duck/Eminent Domain.

## 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/S788v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S788v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S788v2.pdf)
4. **SL2014-86** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S788v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **88–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cook — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-07-25** Ch. SL 2014-86 `became-law`
- **2014-07-25** Ratified
- **2014-07-25** Ordered Enrolled
- **2014-07-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2014-07-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-07-24** Added to Calendar
- **2014-07-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2014-07-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-07-15** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2014-07-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-07-15** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2014-07-15** Special Message Sent To House
- **2014-07-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2014-07-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-07-15** Placed on Today's Supplemental Calendar
- **2014-07-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-06-25** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-06-24** Sequential Referral To Finance Added
- **2014-06-24** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2014-05-19** Ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a72ae31-eefb-44b5-a398-c1b8a63669ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).