---
type: "Bill"
title: "Equal Representation for Asheville."
description: "Equal Representation for Asheville."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 285"
citation: "North Carolina SB 285 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "ELECTIONS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "REDISTRICTING", "REPORTS", "BUNCOMBE COUNTY", "ASHEVILLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-15"
last_action: "2017-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/086a2745-668d-4834-b61e-cf76e179201a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S285&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "df80e8c785342fe410e24bf7542e36665d4668ee477a9b8970df1d6bffe909ca"
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 285 (2017) — Equal Representation for Asheville.

## 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/S285v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4119/0/S285-A-NBC-1518)
3. **A4: AST-50-V-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/5020/0/S285-AST-50-V-5)
4. **A5: AST-78-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/5354/0/S285-AST-78-V-1)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S285v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S285v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S285v3.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S285v4.pdf)
9. **SL 2017-83** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S285v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **63–47** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **31–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edwards — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-29** Ch. SL 2017-83 `became-law`
- **2017-06-29** Ratified
- **2017-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-29** Concurred In H Amend S285v3 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-06-29** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Amend
- **2017-06-29** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-29** Amend Adopted A5 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-27** Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017
- **2017-06-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-27** Amend Adopted A4 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-27** Amend Failed A3 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-06-27** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-06-27** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2017
- **2017-06-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-01** Re-ref Com On Elections and Ethics Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-04-26** Engrossed
- **2017-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-26** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on Today's Supplemental Calendar
- **2017-04-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-25** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Re-ref to Select Committee on Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-16** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/086a2745-668d-4834-b61e-cf76e179201a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).