republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2025/sb-214.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Various Local Provisions VII."
description: "Various Local Provisions VII."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 214"
citation: "North Carolina SB 214 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION; BOARDS; COUNTIES; EDUCATION; EDUCATION BOARDS; ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; KINDERGARTEN; LOCAL; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MUNICIPALITIES; PLANNING & ZONING; RATIFIED; SECONDARY EDUCATION; TITLE CHANGE; YADKIN COUNTY; BRUNSWICK COUNTY; GRANVILLE COUNTY; JOHNSTON COUNTY; FORSYTH COUNTY; ROWAN COUNTY; WINSTON-SALEM; CHAPTERED; KANNAPOLIS; SOUTHPORT; FOUR OAKS; YADKINVILLE; CREEDMOOR; CABARRUS COUNTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 64
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-27"
last_action: "2026-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d38ea5f-f378-43ec-bf38-5169f8f83dd2"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S214"
source_hash: "375bc261b5e04d525f06fbe44f0bac74c60e7c94d88495242a88e8a2b3d5be07"
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 214 (2025) — Various Local Provisions VII.

## 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/S214v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S214v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S214v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S214v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S214v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S214v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2026-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S214v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- R3 Ruled Mat'l C RPT Adoption — **72–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sawrey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-07** Ch. SL 2026-2 `became-law`
- **2026-05-07** Ratified
- **2026-05-06** Ordered Enrolled
- **2026-05-06** Conf Report Adopted 3rd
- **2026-04-30** Conf Report Adopted 3rd
- **2026-04-29** Conf Report Passed 2nd
- **2026-04-29** Placed On Cal For 05/06/2026
- **2026-04-29** Conf Report Adopted 2nd
- **2026-04-28** Placed On Cal For 04/29/2026
- **2026-04-28** Conf Com #2 Reported
- **2026-04-28** Conf Rept Withdrawn
- **2026-04-28** Placed On Cal For 04/29/2026
- **2026-04-28** Ruled Material
- **2026-04-28** Conf Com #2 Reported
- **2026-04-27** Conf Rpt Withdrawn
- **2026-04-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2026-04-22** Placed On Cal For 04/28/2026
- **2026-04-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2026-04-22** Placed On Cal For 04/28/2026
- **2026-04-22** Conf Report Passed 2nd
- **2026-04-21** Placed On Cal For 04/22/2026
- **2026-04-21** Ruled Material
- **2026-04-21** Conf Com Reported
- **2026-04-21** Placed On Cal For 04/22/2026
- **2026-04-21** Held As Material
- **2026-04-21** Conf Com Reported
- **2025-10-20** Conf Com Appointed
- **2025-10-20** Conf Com Appointed
- **2025-09-22** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2025-09-22** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2025-09-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-07-31** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-31** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2025-07-31** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2025-07-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-07-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-07-28** Placed On Cal For 07/29/2025
- **2025-07-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2025-07-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-24** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-24** Ruled Material
- **2025-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-17** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** Ruled Material
- **2025-06-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-11** Re-ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-04-01** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-31** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2025-03-31** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2025-03-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Placed On Cal For 03/26/2025
- **2025-03-20** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2025-03-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2025-03-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03** 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`
- **2025-03-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d38ea5f-f378-43ec-bf38-5169f8f83dd2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).