North Carolina 2025 Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

SB 214 — Various Local Provisions VII.

Last action — Ratified

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Josh Stein (Democratic) on May 07, 2026.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    0 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

15 added · 28 removed

Plain-language change summary

The revised version of Bill SB 214 focuses solely on the Town of Four Oaks by removing references to the City of Creedmoor, simplifying the deannexation process. It retains important provisions regarding the validity of tax liens, ensuring that any outstanding taxes can still be collected even after properties are removed from the town limits. This change matters because it clarifies the legal status for residents and officials in Four Oaks while streamlining the legislative process for this specific locality. The bill will take effect on June 30, 2025, impacting municipal tax responsibilities for properties as of January 1, 2025.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 S 2 SENATE BILL 214 Finance Committee Substitute Adopted 3/18/25 Short Title:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 S 1 SENATE BILL 214 Short Title:
Four Oaks/Creedmoor Deannexations.
Town of Four Oaks/Deannexations.
Senator Sawrey (Primary Sponsor).
March 3, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT REMOVING CERTAIN DESCRIBED PROPERTY FROM THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF FOUR OAKS AND THE CITY OF CREEDMOOR.
State and Local Government March 3, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT REMOVING CERTAIN DESCRIBED PROPERTY FROM THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF FOUR OAKS.
SECTION 1.(a) The following described property is removed from the corporate limits of the Town of Four Oaks:
SECTION 1.
The following described propertyis removed from the corporate limits of the Town of Four Oaks:
SECTION 1.(b) This section has no effect upon the validityof anyliens of the Town of Four Oaks for ad valorem taxes or special assessments outstanding before the effective date of this section.
SECTION 2.
Such liens may be collected or foreclosed upon after the effective date of this section as though the property were still within the corporate limits of the Town of Four Oaks.
This act has no effect upon the validity of any liens of the Town of Four Oaks for ad valorem taxes or special assessments outstanding before the effective date of this act.
SECTION 1.(c) This section becomes effective June 30, 2025.
Such liens may be collected or foreclosed upon after the effective date of this act as though the property were still within the corporate limits of the Town of Four Oaks.
Property in the territory described in Section 1(a) of this act as of January 1, 2025, is no longer subject to municipal taxes for taxes imposed for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2025.
SECTION 2.(a) The following described property, identified by Granville County Tax Property Identification Number, is removed from the corporate limits of the City of Creedmoor:
180603417847.
SECTION 2.(b) This section has no effect upon the validity of any liens of the City of Creedmoor for ad valorem taxes or special assessments outstanding before the effective date of this section.
Such liens may be collected or foreclosed upon after the effective date of this section as though the property were still within the corporate limits of the City of Creedmoor.
SECTION 2.(c) This section becomes effective June 30, 2025.
Property in the territory described in Section 2(a) of this act as of January 1, 2025, is no longer subject to municipal taxes for taxes imposed for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2025.
Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law.
This act becomes effective June 30, 2025.
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Property in the territory described in Section 1 of this act as of January 1, 2025, is no longer subject to municipal taxes for taxes imposed for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2025.
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Action History

  1. Ratified

  2. Ch. SL 2026-2

  3. Conf Report Adopted 3rd

  4. Ordered Enrolled

  5. Conf Report Adopted 3rd

  6. Conf Report Adopted 2nd

  7. Placed On Cal For 05/06/2026

  8. Conf Report Passed 2nd

  9. Conf Com #2 Reported

  10. Ruled Material

  11. Placed On Cal For 04/29/2026

  12. Conf Rept Withdrawn

  13. Conf Com #2 Reported

  14. Placed On Cal For 04/29/2026

  15. Withdrawn From Cal

  16. Conf Rpt Withdrawn

  17. Conf Report Passed 2nd

  18. Placed On Cal For 04/28/2026

  19. Withdrawn From Cal

  20. Placed On Cal For 04/28/2026

  21. Conf Com Reported

  22. Held As Material

  23. Placed On Cal For 04/22/2026

  24. Conf Com Reported

  25. Ruled Material

  26. Placed On Cal For 04/22/2026

  27. Conf Com Appointed

  28. Conf Com Appointed

  29. Withdrawn From Com

  30. Placed on Today's Calendar

  31. Failed Concur In H Com Sub

  32. Regular Message Sent To Senate

  33. Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub

  34. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  35. Passed 3rd Reading

  36. Passed 2nd Reading

  37. Reptd Fav

  38. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  39. Placed On Cal For 07/29/2025

  40. Reptd Fav Com Sub 2

  41. Ruled Material

  42. Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  43. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  44. Ruled Material

  45. Re-ref Com On Finance

  46. Withdrawn From Com

  47. Re-ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  48. Passed 1st Reading

  49. Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  50. Regular Message Sent To House

  51. Regular Message Received From Senate

  52. Passed 3rd Reading

  53. Passed 2nd Reading

  54. Withdrawn From Cal

  55. Placed On Cal For 03/26/2025

  56. Reptd Fav

  57. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  58. Com Substitute Adopted

  59. Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  60. Reptd Fav

  61. Re-ref Com On Finance

  62. Passed 1st Reading

  63. Ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

  64. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 178 not signed on · 37 voted No

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (178)

178 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

R3 Ruled Mat'l C RPT Adoption

Passed 72 Yea · 38 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 53602
Unaffiliated 5200
Republican 60007
Total 703809
% of votes cast 60%32%0%8%
How each member voted (117)
Member Party Vote
CharlesSmith — Yea
Campbell — Yea
JohnLowery — Yea
Reeder — Yea
vonHaefen — Nay
C. Smith — Yea
F. Jackson — Nay
Abe Jones Democratic Nay
Aisha O. Dew Democratic Nay
Allen Buansi Democratic Nay
Allison A. Dahle Democratic Nay
Amanda P. Cook Democratic Nay
Amber M. Baker Democratic Nay
Amos L. Quick, III Democratic Nay
B. Ray Jeffers Democratic Nay
Becky Carney Democratic Nay
Beth Helfrich Democratic Nay
Brian Turner Democratic Nay
Bryan Cohn Democratic Yea
Carolyn G. Logan Democratic Nay
Cynthia Ball Democratic Nay
Dante Pittman Democratic Yea
Deb Butler Democratic Nay
Eric Ager Democratic Nay
Garland E. Pierce Democratic Nay
Gloristine Brown Democratic Nay
James Roberson Democratic Nay
Jordan Lopez Democratic Nay
Julia Greenfield Democratic Nay
Kanika Brown Democratic Nay
Laura Budd Democratic Nay
Lindsey Prather Democratic Nay
Marcia Morey Democratic Nay
Maria Cervania Democratic Nay
Mary Belk Democratic Nay
Mike Colvin Democratic Not Voting
Monika Johnson-Hostler Democratic Nay
Phil Rubin Democratic Nay
Pricey Harrison Democratic Nay
Renée A. Price Democratic Nay
Robert T. Reives, II Democratic Nay
Rodney D. Pierce Democratic Nay
Sarah Crawford Democratic Nay
Shelly Willingham Democratic Yea
Terry M. Brown Jr. Democratic Nay
Tim Longest Democratic Yea
Tracy Clark Democratic Nay
Vernetta Alston Democratic Nay
Ya Liu Democratic Yea
Zack Hawkins Democratic Not Voting
A. Reece Pyrtle, Jr. Republican Yea
Allen Chesser Republican Yea
Anna Ferguson Republican Yea
Ben T. Moss, Jr. Republican Yea
Bill Ward Republican Yea
Blair Eddins Republican Yea
Brenden H. Jones Republican Yea
Brian Biggs Republican Yea
Brian Echevarria Republican Yea
Celeste C. Cairns Republican Yea
Charles W. Miller Republican Yea
Chris Humphrey Republican Yea
Cody Huneycutt Republican Yea
David Willis Republican Yea
Dean Arp Republican Yea
Dennis Riddell Republican Yea
Destin Hall Republican Not Voting
Diane Wheatley Republican Yea
Donna McDowell White Republican Yea
Donnie Loftis Republican Yea
Donny Lambeth Republican Yea
Dudley Greene Republican Yea
Edward C. Goodwin Republican Yea
Erin Paré Republican Yea
Frank Iler Republican Yea
Harry Warren Republican Yea
Heather H. Rhyne Republican Yea
Howard Penny, Jr. Republican Yea
Hugh Blackwell Republican Yea
Jay Adams Republican Yea
Jeff Zenger Republican Yea
Jeffrey C. McNeely Republican Yea
Jennifer Balkcom Republican Yea
Jerry "Alan" Branson Republican Yea
Jimmy Dixon Republican Yea
John A. Torbett Republican Yea
John M. Blust Republican Yea
John R. Bell, IV Republican Yea
John Sauls Republican Not Voting
Jonathan L. Almond Republican Yea
Joseph Pike Republican Yea
Julia C. Howard Republican Not Voting
Karl E. Gillespie Republican Yea
Keith Kidwell Republican Not Voting
Kelly E. Hastings Republican Yea
Kyle Hall Republican Yea
Larry C. Strickland Republican Yea
Larry W. Potts Republican Yea
Mark Brody Republican Yea
Mark Pless Republican Yea
Matthew Winslow Republican Not Voting
Mike Schietzelt Republican Yea
Mitchell S. Setzer Republican Yea
Neal Jackson Republican Not Voting
Paul Scott Republican Yea
Phil Shepard Republican Yea
Ray Pickett Republican Yea
Sam Watford Republican Yea
Sarah Stevens Republican Yea
Stephen M. Ross Republican Yea
Steve Tyson Republican Not Voting
Ted Davis, Jr. Republican Yea
Todd Carver Republican Yea
Todd Johnson Republican Yea
Tricia Ann Cotham Republican Yea
William D. Brisson Republican Yea
Wyatt Gable Republican Yea

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Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 9007
Unaffiliated 7001
Republican 22004
Total 380012
% of votes cast 76%0%0%24%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
Bode — Yea
Hunt — Yea
Woodard — Yea
Krawiec — Yea
Perry — Yea
Proctor — Yea
Marcus — Not Voting
P. Newton — Yea
Dan Blue Democratic Yea
DeAndrea Salvador Democratic Not Voting
Gale Adcock Democratic Not Voting
Gladys A. Robinson Democratic Not Voting
Graig Meyer Democratic Yea
Jay J. Chaudhuri Democratic Yea
Joyce Waddell Democratic Yea
Julie Mayfield Democratic Yea
Kandie D. Smith Democratic Not Voting
Lisa Grafstein Democratic Yea
Michael Garrett Democratic Not Voting
Mujtaba A. Mohammed Democratic Not Voting
Natalie S. Murdock Democratic Yea
Paul A. Lowe, Jr. Democratic Yea
Sydney Batch Democratic Yea
Val Applewhite Democratic Not Voting
Amy S. Galey Republican Yea
Benton G. Sawrey Republican Yea
Bill Rabon Republican Not Voting
Bobby Hanig Republican Not Voting
Brad Overcash Republican Yea
Brent Jackson Republican Yea
Carl Ford Republican Yea
Danny Earl Britt, Jr. Republican Yea
David W. Craven, Jr. Republican Yea
Eddie D. Settle Republican Yea
Jake Johnson Republican Yea
Jim Burgin Republican Yea
Kevin Corbin Republican Not Voting
Lisa S. Barnes Republican Yea
Michael A. Lazzara Republican Not Voting
Michael V. Lee Republican Yea
Norman W. Sanderson Republican Yea
Paul Newton Republican Yea
Phil Berger Republican Yea
Ralph Hise Republican Yea
Steve Jarvis Republican Yea
Timothy D. Moffitt Republican Yea
Tom McInnis Republican Yea
Vickie Sawyer Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Yea
Warren Daniel Republican Yea

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SB 214 is sponsored by Benton G. Sawrey (Republican).
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