---
type: "Bill"
title: "Beech Mountain and Morganton Deannexations."
description: "Beech Mountain and Morganton Deannexations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1044"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1044 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "BEECH MOUNTAIN", "BURKE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MORGANTON", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-05-25"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b896932-f7b9-400e-bc84-9aa7f70b9935"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H1044"
source_hash: "4275ad47dae713fd0e623a339baadc2b9ee3aa8786444d7dbc3080dae920a019"
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 HB 1044 (2021) — Beech Mountain and Morganton Deannexations.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H1044v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H1044v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H1044v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H1044v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H1044v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2022-39** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H1044v5.pdf)

## Votes

- R2 Ruled Mat'l M11 Concur — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- R3 Ruled Mat'l M11 Concur — **103–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greene — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-07-01** Ch. SL 2022-39 `became-law`
- **2022-07-01** Ratified
- **2022-07-01** Ordered Enrolled
- **2022-07-01** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2022-06-30** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2022-06-29** Placed On Cal For 06/30/2022
- **2022-06-29** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2022-06-29** Ruled Material
- **2022-06-29** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2022-06-29** Special Message Sent To House
- **2022-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-06-28** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2022-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-23** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-22** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2022-06-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-21** 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`
- **2022-06-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2022-06-20** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-06-20** Regular Message Received From House
- **2022-06-17** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2022-06-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-06-15** Added to Calendar
- **2022-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2022-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-14** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-14** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-26** Ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-05-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b896932-f7b9-400e-bc84-9aa7f70b9935`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).