---
type: "Bill"
title: "Goldston Satellite Annexations."
description: "Goldston Satellite Annexations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 773"
citation: "North Carolina SB 773 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "CHAPTERED", "GOLDSTON", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craven"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-05-24"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00ca15ee-61df-4d2d-ae9b-e3764e7b29b5"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S773"
source_hash: "315f2d1f84b5e6e33d3338db274ef963c17135092891e3fadacc27ab469a994f"
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 773 (2021) — Goldston Satellite Annexations.

## 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/S773v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S773v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S773v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2022-22** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S773v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **107–2** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **111–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craven — primary (person)
- Foushee — cosponsor (person)
- Murdock — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-30** Ch. SL 2022-22 `became-law`
- **2022-06-30** Ratified
- **2022-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2022-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-06-28** Added to Calendar
- **2022-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2022-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-28** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-23** Re-ref to the Com on Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2022-06-20** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-06-16** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2022-06-16** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2022-06-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-08** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-07** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-25** 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`
- **2022-05-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-05-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00ca15ee-61df-4d2d-ae9b-e3764e7b29b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).