---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Lincolnton/Even-Yr Elect'n/Mayor Term."
description: "City of Lincolnton/Even-Yr Elect'n/Mayor Term."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 504"
citation: "North Carolina HB 504 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTERS", "CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "ELECTIONS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MAYORS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS", "LINCOLN COUNTY", "DAVIDSON COUNTY", "LEXINGTON", "LINCOLNTON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-28"
last_action: "2017-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9108dea9-73c7-46af-9225-d9297ac665d1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H504&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ed7e1299c74e8aa2ad226347acc2ab9cae14ee0cbc692673ef148728c04d9b03"
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 504 (2017) — City of Lincolnton/Even-Yr Elect'n/Mayor Term.

## 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/H504v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABK-29-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4924/0/H504-ABK-29-V-4)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H504v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H504v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H504v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H504v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H504v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2017-62** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H504v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Amendment 1 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Saine — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-28** Ch. SL 2017-62 `became-law`
- **2017-06-28** Ratified
- **2017-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-27** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-27** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-27** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2017-06-27** Special Message Sent To House
- **2017-06-26** Engrossed
- **2017-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-26** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2017
- **2017-06-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-21** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-17** Re-ref to Select Committee on Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-10** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-06** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06** Added to Calendar
- **2017-04-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-05** Re-ref Com On Elections and Ethics Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Ref to the Com on State and Local Government I, if favorable, Elections and Ethics Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9108dea9-73c7-46af-9225-d9297ac665d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).