---
type: "Bill"
title: "Greensboro/Deannexation; Rockwell/No Satellite Annexation Cap."
description: "Greensboro/Deannexation; Rockwell/No Satellite Annexation Cap."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 164"
citation: "North Carolina HB 164 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "CHAPTERED", "COUNTIES", "GREENSBORO", "GUILFORD COUNTY", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "ROCKWELL", "ROWAN COUNTY", "TITLE CHANGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8e597e1-c98e-4c21-b406-9d463053f41d"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H164"
source_hash: "8f79fcb139ef3262aec53984dc8647c2f76ca597f9183850e3bd0b636d64dfdc"
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 164 (2021) — Greensboro/Deannexation; Rockwell/No Satellite Annexation Cap.

## 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/H164v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H164v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H164v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H164v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2021-17** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H164v4.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Hardister — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-28** Ch. SL 2021-17 `became-law`
- **2021-04-28** Ratified
- **2021-04-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-04-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-29** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-03-26** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-03-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-23** Placed On Cal For 03/24/2021
- **2021-03-23** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2021-03-23** Added to Calendar
- **2021-03-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-03-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Ruled Material
- **2021-03-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01** Ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8e597e1-c98e-4c21-b406-9d463053f41d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).