---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections Every Four Years/Town of Marietta."
description: "Elections Every Four Years/Town of Marietta."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 890"
citation: "North Carolina SB 890 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTERS", "CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "ELECTIONS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MAYORS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS", "ROBESON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "MARIETTA"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-05-31"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62df0562-1a31-4231-9453-7ab0623dc9f2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S890&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ed34793ded83246227792e69ead3b5ad0d37a44202a4c344a109066a8c9de409"
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 890 (2015) — Elections Every Four Years/Town of Marietta.

## 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/S890v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S890v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S890v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2016-69** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S890v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-07-01** Ch. SL 2016-69 `became-law`
- **2016-07-01** Ratified
- **2016-07-01** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-07-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-07-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-07-01** Added to Calendar
- **2016-07-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2016-07-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-06-29** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-06-29** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2016-06-29** Special Message Sent To House
- **2016-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-06-01** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-05-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62df0562-1a31-4231-9453-7ab0623dc9f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).