---
type: "Bill"
title: "Asheville City Council Districts."
description: "Asheville City Council Districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 813"
citation: "North Carolina SB 813 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTERS", "CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "ELECTIONS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "RATIFIED", "REDISTRICTING", "BUNCOMBE COUNTY", "ASHEVILLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-06-14"
last_action: "2018-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d16e2b5-cf87-4890-8357-ab11ba43ec1e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S813&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5b78246567dfcccba6e999ce335ec51e095dddcd139efde3a0a964a024d1d3b2"
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 813 (2017) — Asheville City Council Districts.

## 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/S813v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABK-114-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/7442/0/S813-ABK-114-V-4)
3. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/7340/0/S813-A-NBC-2502)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S813v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S813v2.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S813v3.pdf)
7. **SL 2018-123** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S813v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **64–52** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edwards — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-29** Ch. SL 2018-123 `became-law`
- **2018-06-29** Ratified
- **2018-06-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-28** Concurred In H Amend S813v2 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-27** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Amend
- **2018-06-27** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2018-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-27** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2018
- **2018-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-25** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-06-25** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2018-06-25** Special Message Sent To House
- **2018-06-25** Engrossed
- **2018-06-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-25** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-21** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-20** Re-ref to Select Committee on Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2018-06-15** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-06-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d16e2b5-cf87-4890-8357-ab11ba43ec1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).