---
type: "Bill"
title: "Kannapolis Deannexation."
description: "Kannapolis Deannexation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 261"
citation: "North Carolina SB 261 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "ROWAN COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "KANNAPOLIS", "CABARRUS COUNTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-14"
last_action: "2017-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1decdfb1-019e-467e-b590-b75f837afe25"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S261&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0e84f773c73290c5d3ba0445b66e4e889b3bec740210ed2ffa2b104fb595a6c6"
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 261 (2017) — Kannapolis 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/Senate/PDF/S261v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S261v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S261v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S261v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2017-84** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S261v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **109–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **104–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brock — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-30** Ch. SL 2017-84 `became-law`
- **2017-06-30** Ratified
- **2017-06-30** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-29** Placed On Cal For 06/30/2017
- **2017-06-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-29** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-29** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-06-13** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **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`
- **2017-04-04** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-04-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `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/1decdfb1-019e-467e-b590-b75f837afe25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).