---
type: "Bill"
title: "Various Deannexations."
description: "Various Deannexations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 289"
citation: "North Carolina SB 289 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "BRUNSWICK COUNTY", "LENOIR COUNTY", "KINSTON", "CHAPTERED", "SUNSET BEACH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-15"
last_action: "2017-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b719bdb2-5485-4624-8b45-2ad1666c9712"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S289&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "09f51ab0837b8b5a8b86c5475b63568dd1bd8629ac8ff0698901862ee8ffbc94"
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 289 (2017) — Various Deannexations.

## 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/S289v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S289v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S289v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S289v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2017-85** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S289v4.pdf)

## Votes

- For Concurrence Third Reading — **30–11** (pass) · upper
- For Concurrence Second Reading — **30–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rabon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-30** Ch. SL 2017-85 `became-law`
- **2017-06-30** Ratified
- **2017-06-30** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-30** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2017-06-29** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2017-06-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-06-29** Reconsidered Concurrence
- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Dismissed
- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-06-29** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2017-06-28** Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017
- **2017-06-28** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-28** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-28** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2017
- **2017-06-26** Ruled Material
- **2017-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-20** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-06-01** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government II `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`
- **2017-04-25** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** 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`
- **2017-04-10** 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/b719bdb2-5485-4624-8b45-2ad1666c9712`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).