---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Kannapolis/Annexation."
description: "City of Kannapolis/Annexation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 63"
citation: "North Carolina SB 63 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "ROWAN COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "KANNAPOLIS", "CABARRUS COUNTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/180abc2b-7914-4ad0-b209-f48f8a7218bc"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S63&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "514499d18529a457d512f5c862e4da21a7d417fe8880f554186f1124aae89a75"
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 63 (2019) — City of Kannapolis/Annexation.

## 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/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S63v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S63v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S63v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S63v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2019-12** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S63v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **108–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-29** Ch. SL 2019-12 `became-law`
- **2019-04-29** Ratified
- **2019-04-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Placed On Cal For 04/25/2019
- **2019-04-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-04-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-10** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Re-ref to the Com on Finance, if favorable, State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-26** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
- **2019-03-25** Re-ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-21** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2019-03-20** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-03-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-03-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** 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`
- **2019-02-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-02-14** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/180abc2b-7914-4ad0-b209-f48f8a7218bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).