---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hendersonville Deannexation."
description: "Hendersonville Deannexation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 776"
citation: "North Carolina SB 776 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "HENDERSON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "HENDERSONVILLE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-29"
last_action: "2018-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1092c936-03c3-4f03-86f4-97f5aa95eff2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S776&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e4eb0b813fd9f0e6dbc38aabf8144e409093063bb07a8ecc6babcbbe84341457"
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 776 (2017) — Hendersonville 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/S776v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S776v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S776v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2018-109** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S776v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **108–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edwards — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-27** Ch. SL 2018-109 `became-law`
- **2018-06-27** Ratified
- **2018-06-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-21** Placed On Cal For 06/25/2018
- **2018-06-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-06-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-13** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-06-13** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2018-06-13** Special Message Sent To House
- **2018-06-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-12** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-12** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-31** Ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-31** Withdrawn From Com
- **2018-05-30** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1092c936-03c3-4f03-86f4-97f5aa95eff2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).