---
type: "Bill"
title: "Satellite Annexation Cap/Rural Hall Fire Dist."
description: "Satellite Annexation Cap/Rural Hall Fire Dist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 809"
citation: "North Carolina SB 809 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION; COUNTIES; EMERGENCY SERVICES; FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING; LOCAL; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MUNICIPALITIES; PLANNING & ZONING; RATIFIED; MITCHELL COUNTY; FORSYTH COUNTY; CHAPTERED; FIRE DISTRICTS; SPRUCE PINE; RURAL HALL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-04-21"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f04b0a0c-7c4c-450e-908a-1f557984c7de"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S809"
source_hash: "6ec20017230739c33e5a4068098108691a9c5f51beeab1ea03b649780a031415"
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 809 (2025) — Satellite Annexation Cap/Rural Hall Fire Dist.

## 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/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S809v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S809v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S809v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S809v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S809v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2026-17** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S809v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading Motion 9 To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading Motion 9 To Concur — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-06-24** Ch. SL 2026-17 `became-law`
- **2026-06-24** Ratified
- **2026-06-23** Ordered Enrolled
- **2026-06-23** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2026-06-18** Placed On Cal For 06/23/2026
- **2026-06-18** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2026-06-17** Placed On Cal For 06/18/2026
- **2026-06-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2026-06-11** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-11** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2026-06-10** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2026-06-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-06-03** Placed On Cal For 06/09/2026
- **2026-06-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-06-02** Placed On Cal For 06/03/2026
- **2026-06-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2026-06-02** Ruled Material
- **2026-06-02** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-02** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-02** Ruled Material
- **2026-06-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-18** Re-ref to the Com on Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2026-05-11** Ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-05-07** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2026-05-07** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2026-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-29** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-28** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-23** 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`
- **2026-04-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2026-04-22** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-04-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f04b0a0c-7c4c-450e-908a-1f557984c7de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).