---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wake Forest Annexation."
description: "Wake Forest Annexation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 260"
citation: "North Carolina SB 260 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "WAKE COUNTY", "WAKE FOREST", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barefoot"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-14"
last_action: "2017-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc0b9d18-9f79-4cf1-a4a6-1860ec649d37"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S260&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b9a06244764b1dd488dee85f8c7606f805e104fbe228de1e0ef313844cbb5c28"
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 260 (2017) — Wake Forest Annexation.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S260v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S260v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S260v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2017-47** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S260v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **108–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **104–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barefoot — primary (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-26** Ch. SL 2017-47 `became-law`
- **2017-06-26** Ratified
- **2017-06-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-21** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-14** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-13** Serial Referral To Finance Added
- **2017-06-01** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-05-17** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-05-16** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-05-16** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-05-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-09** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-11** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-15** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc0b9d18-9f79-4cf1-a4a6-1860ec649d37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).