---
type: "Bill"
title: "Winston-Salem Deannexation."
description: "Winston-Salem Deannexation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 971"
citation: "North Carolina HB 971 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "FORSYTH COUNTY", "WINSTON-SALEM", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-17"
last_action: "2018-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/772b7e20-c19f-4c14-9549-c23504fc3525"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H971&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c372677721e6a1115ba34b1e2446c8654feec2299bb9ed22f2e0a159076f1892"
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 971 (2017) — Winston-Salem Deannexation.

## 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/H971v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H971v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H971v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2018-57** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H971v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conrad — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-25** Ch. SL 2018-57 `became-law`
- **2018-06-25** Ratified
- **2018-06-21** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-20** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-20** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-19** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** Withdrawn From Com
- **2018-06-12** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-06-12** Special Message Received From House
- **2018-06-12** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2018-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-07** Placed On Cal For 06/11/2018
- **2018-06-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-06-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-06** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-21** Ref to the Com on State and Local Government II, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/772b7e20-c19f-4c14-9549-c23504fc3525`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).