---
type: "Bill"
title: "Stagger/Extend Terms of Town Officers/Halifax."
description: "Stagger/Extend Terms of Town Officers/Halifax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 229"
citation: "North Carolina HB 229 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "CHARTERS", "CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "ELECTIONS", "HALIFAX", "HALIFAX COUNTY", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MAYORS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-28"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e4d77d1-d086-433b-85c9-3635280e46c3"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H229"
source_hash: "2c1b5eb3a5fc025735e8a1ee0e631f9f19eef3dce5c6eda30326e019dd4ab894"
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 229 (2023) — Stagger/Extend Terms of Town Officers/Halifax.

## 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/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H229v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H229v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H229v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H229v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2023-16** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H229v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-24** Ch. SL 2023-16 `became-law`
- **2023-05-24** Ratified
- **2023-05-23** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-05-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-09** Re-ref to Redistricting and Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-16** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-03-16** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-03-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15** Added to Calendar
- **2023-03-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-03-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** Ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e4d77d1-d086-433b-85c9-3635280e46c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).