---
type: "Bill"
title: "Car. Shores Deannex/New Hanover Dwntwn. Devpt."
description: "Car. Shores Deannex/New Hanover Dwntwn. Devpt."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 397"
citation: "North Carolina HB 397 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "CONSTRUCTION", "CONTRACTS", "COUNTIES", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "URBAN DEVELOPMENT", "BRUNSWICK COUNTY", "NEW HANOVER COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "CAROLINA SHORES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-16"
last_action: "2017-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c1ab0e5-e422-48f0-9a3d-f97780d08c90"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H397&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "438e8b708d109f25d070fdcc0a4d398915cd924d9d45b706d55d42047efd196d"
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 397 (2017) — Car. Shores Deannex/New Hanover Dwntwn. Devpt.

## 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/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H397v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARB-64-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/5319/0/H397-ARB-64-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H397v1.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H397v2.pdf)
5. **SL 2017-86** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H397v3.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **105–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8 To Adopt Conference Report — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Iler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-30** Ch. SL 2017-86 `became-law`
- **2017-06-30** Ratified
- **2017-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-29** Conf Report Adopted
- **2017-06-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Reported
- **2017-06-29** Conf Report Adopted
- **2017-06-29** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Reported
- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-06-29** Fail Concur In S Amend SA1
- **2017-06-29** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-29** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2017-06-29** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
- **2017-06-29** Special Message Sent To House
- **2017-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-29** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-28** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-06-28** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-06-28** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-27** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-06-20** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-06-20** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-06-20** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-06-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-15** Placed On Cal For 06/19/2017
- **2017-06-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-15** Placed On Cal For 06/16/2017
- **2017-06-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-15** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-20** Ref to the Com on State and Local Government I, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c1ab0e5-e422-48f0-9a3d-f97780d08c90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).