---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remove Various Satellite Annexation Caps."
description: "Remove Various Satellite Annexation Caps."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 19"
citation: "North Carolina HB 19 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "CHAPTERED", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "NORTH WILKESBORO", "NORWOOD", "OAKBORO", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "STANLY COUNTY", "TITLE CHANGE", "WILKES COUNTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sasser"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c603d5f-b246-41c6-a7b1-2a2d0f583527"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H19"
source_hash: "18479708804a173c42708512e80a789ca758fca3b0c4d55367286898ce5694e0"
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 19 (2021) — Remove Various Satellite Annexation Caps.

## 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/H19v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H19v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H19v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H19v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2021-101** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H19v4.pdf)

## Votes

- R2 Ruled Mat'l M11 Concur — **107–3** (pass) · lower
- R3 Ruled Mat'l M11 Concur — **108–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sasser — primary (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-09** Ch. SL 2021-101 `became-law`
- **2021-08-09** Ratified
- **2021-08-05** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-08-05** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2021-08-04** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2021-08-02** Placed On Cal For 08/04/2021
- **2021-07-26** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2021-07-26** Ruled Material
- **2021-07-26** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2021-07-26** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-07-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-07-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-07-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-30** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-02** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-06-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** 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`
- **2021-05-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-03-10** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-03-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04** Placed On Cal For 03/09/2021
- **2021-03-04** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2021-03-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04** Added to Calendar
- **2021-03-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-03-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-28** Ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c603d5f-b246-41c6-a7b1-2a2d0f583527`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).