---
type: "Bill"
title: "Roanoke Island Fire District Changes."
description: "Roanoke Island Fire District Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 37"
citation: "North Carolina SB 37 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "TAXATION", "VOLUNTEERS", "DARE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "MANTEO", "FIRE DISTRICTS", "TAX DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e324b1f-83cd-4577-b754-81e1fb73f0e9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S37&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2b216aecf06a90233de55dd2e3bc40a152cabec4d84e4e9d2fa0e2a3b718a027"
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 37 (2017) — Roanoke Island Fire District Changes.

## 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/S37v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S37v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S37v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S37v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2017-13** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S37v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cook — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-16** Ch. SL 2017-13 `became-law`
- **2017-05-16** Ratified
- **2017-05-11** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-05-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-10** Placed On Cal For 05/11/2017
- **2017-05-10** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-05-10** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-09** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
- **2017-03-30** Ref to the Com on State and Local Government I, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-03-29** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-03-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-03-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-09** 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`
- **2017-02-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-02-08** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e324b1f-83cd-4577-b754-81e1fb73f0e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).