---
type: "Bill"
title: "Franklin/Granville Recognized Common Boundary."
description: "Franklin/Granville Recognized Common Boundary."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 438"
citation: "North Carolina HB 438 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "COUNTIES", "FRANKLIN COUNTY", "GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES", "GEOGRAPHY", "GRANVILLE COUNTY", "LOCAL", "RATIFIED", "SURVEYORS & SURVEYING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 37
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2023-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac6b913c-d642-4721-a3f7-681b8dc2d77a"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H438"
source_hash: "d97dad35151a52cdf81d99972ca7d7a8b3ead0bad827035d825227166918cc2c"
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 438 (2023) — Franklin/Granville Recognized Common Boundary.

## 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/H438v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASTXR-48-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/3588/0/H438-ASTXR-48-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H438v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H438v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H438v3.pdf)
6. **SL 2023-122** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H438v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Winslow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-22** Ch. SL 2023-122 `became-law`
- **2023-09-22** Ratified
- **2023-09-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-09-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-09-20** Placed On Cal For 09/21/2023
- **2023-09-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-06-29** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-06-29** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-06-29** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2023
- **2023-06-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-06-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-06-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-06-21** Placed On Cal For 06/22/2023
- **2023-06-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-06-21** Ruled Material
- **2023-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-04-06** Placed On Cal For 04/19/2023
- **2023-04-06** Amends Ruled Material
- **2023-04-06** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-05** Placed On Cal For 04/06/2023
- **2023-04-05** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-04-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** Added to Calendar
- **2023-04-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-04-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac6b913c-d642-4721-a3f7-681b8dc2d77a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).