---
type: "Bill"
title: "Statesville/Mooresville Deannexation."
description: "Statesville/Mooresville Deannexation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 2765"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2765 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "IREDELL COUNTY", "MOORESVILLE", "STATESVILLE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. RAY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-28"
last_action: "2008-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7583bf82-330a-420d-8538-ff39843df138"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H2765&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ee16b7b742f56f23c528dc505243f30940c2f903a4ffacb59e18d8e97893183d"
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 2765 (2007) — Statesville/Mooresville Deannexation.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2765v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2765v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2765v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2765v3.pdf)
5. **SL2008-32** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2765v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-06-30** Ch. SL 2008-32 `became-law`
- **2008-06-30** Ratified
- **2008-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2008-06-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-23** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-23** Rec From House
- **2008-06-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2008-06-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2008
- **2008-06-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-06-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-11** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2008-06-10** Placed On Cal For 6/11/2008
- **2008-06-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-06-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-05** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-29** Ref to the Com on Local Government I, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-05-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7583bf82-330a-420d-8538-ff39843df138`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).