---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bessemer City Charter Amendment."
description: "Bessemer City Charter Amendment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 993"
citation: "North Carolina HB 993 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTERS", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "GASTON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "BESSEMER CITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-05-23"
last_action: "2018-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f474c5c0-4ebc-4ff4-9e95-07a40265ebb2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H993&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5c9434848dbc7ec694dabc6d799c251aa6c550d24e011aa5a30ce3ea2cf6e687"
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 993 (2017) — Bessemer City Charter Amendment.

## 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/H993v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H993v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H993v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2018-6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H993v3.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hastings — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-13** Ch. SL 2018-6 `became-law`
- **2018-06-13** Ratified
- **2018-06-12** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-12** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-12** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-07** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2018-05-31** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-05-31** Special Message Received From House
- **2018-05-31** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2018-05-31** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-05-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-30** Placed On Cal For 05/31/2018
- **2018-05-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-05-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-24** Ref To Com On State and Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-05-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f474c5c0-4ebc-4ff4-9e95-07a40265ebb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).