---
type: "Bill"
title: "Incorporate Swannanoa."
description: "Incorporate Swannanoa."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 553"
citation: "North Carolina SB 553 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTER SCHOOLS", "CHARTER SCHOOL ADVISORY COMM.", "CHARTERS", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "ELECTIONS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPAL INCORPORATION", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES", "BUNCOMBE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. NESBITT", "SWANNANOA"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-11"
last_action: "2009-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4266fa0e-58bc-49f9-82ad-41584d8e3f46"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S553&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "faac507cb0d80dc57b98e8779633c61a5982db2ffef880bc7c47deb9b7495d2c"
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 553 (2009) — Incorporate Swannanoa.

## 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/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S553v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S553v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S553v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S553v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-467** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S553v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-11** Ch. SL 2009-467 `became-law`
- **2009-08-11** Ratified
- **2009-08-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-08-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-08-05** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-08-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-29** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-22** Ref to the Com on Local Government I, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-07-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-07-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-07-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-07-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-12** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4266fa0e-58bc-49f9-82ad-41584d8e3f46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).