---
type: "Bill"
title: "Franklin/Archdale/Satellite Annexation."
description: "Franklin/Archdale/Satellite Annexation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 218"
citation: "North Carolina SB 218 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "CHEROKEE COUNTY", "RANDOLPH COUNTY", "MACON COUNTY", "ARCHDALE", "CHAPTERED", "FRANKLIN", "MURPHY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-10"
last_action: "2015-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99cadd59-b14a-4abb-931a-3e7339df102a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S218&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "42f4f11272798a81cc7d2ead7169d25945cec743e456b4691f6ee87d77bf0af9"
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 218 (2015) — Franklin/Archdale/Satellite Annexation.

## 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/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S218v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S218v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S218v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S218v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-81** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S218v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **107–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-17** Ch. SL 2015-81 `became-law`
- **2015-06-17** Ratified
- **2015-06-16** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-06-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-06-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-06-11** Placed On Cal For 06/15/2015
- **2015-06-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-28** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-05-27** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-05-27** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-05-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-05-21** Placed On Cal For 05/26/2015
- **2015-05-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-05-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-28** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-16** Sequential Referral To Finance Added
- **2015-04-16** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-11** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99cadd59-b14a-4abb-931a-3e7339df102a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).