---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remove Certain Satellite Annexation Caps."
description: "Remove Certain Satellite Annexation Caps."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 41"
citation: "North Carolina SB 41 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "CHAPTERED", "CLEVELAND COUNTY", "COUNTIES", "FRANKLINVILLE", "GASTON COUNTY", "KINGS MOUNTAIN", "LIBERTY", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOWELL", "MOORE COUNTY", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RAMSEUR", "RANDOLPH COUNTY", "RATIFIED", "SHELBY", "STANLEY", "VASS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00279777-ca34-4d11-a05e-19e0bde586fc"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S41"
source_hash: "8197c6071d137ba697bafaefb8e1a936b931ba6811301c7b64bcf215b13cc083"
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 41 (2021) — Remove Certain 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/Senate/PDF/S41v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S41v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S41v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S41v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S41v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S41v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2021-87** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S41v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading For Concurrence — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading For Concurrence — **39–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alexander — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-15** Ch. SL 2021-87 `became-law`
- **2021-07-15** Ratified
- **2021-07-14** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-07-14** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2021-07-13** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2021-07-12** Placed On Cal For 07/13/2021
- **2021-07-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-07-02** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-02** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2021-07-01** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-06-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-29** Added to Calendar
- **2021-06-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-06-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-24** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24** Ruled Material
- **2021-06-24** Serial Referral To Local Government Stricken
- **2021-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-08** Re-ref to the Com on Finance, if favorable, Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-11** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-03-10** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-03-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-03-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-02-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** 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`
- **2021-02-03** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-02-03** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00279777-ca34-4d11-a05e-19e0bde586fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).