North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H116: Jacksonville Annexation & Conforming Changes.
Status: Signed into law, August 6, 2026
What the bill says
An act to annex into the city of jacksonville certain portions of marine corps base camp lejeune, marine corps air station new river, and marine corps special operations command at stones bay and the new river; and to make conforming changes related to that annexation into the city of jacksonville.
From the enrolled text:
AN ACT TO ANNEX INTO THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE CERTAIN PORTIONS OF MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, MARINE CORPS AIR STATION NEW RIVER, AND MARINE CORPS SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND AT STONES BAY AND THE NEW RIVER; AND TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES RELATED TO THAT ANNEXATION INTO THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1.(a) The following described territory removed from the corporate limits of any municipality in which any portion of property lies and is added to the corporate limits of the City of Jacksonville: Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune Beginning at the intersection of the southern right-of-way line of NC Highway 24 and the centerline of the Camp Lejeune Railroad; Thence leaving said right-of-way and following the centerline of said Camp Lejeune Railroad in a southerly direction for approximately 3,600 feet to the intersection of the Camp Lejeune Railroad and the centerline of the mainline of the Camp Lejeune Railroad to a point; Thence along the mainline of the Camp Lejeune Railroad, paralleling Holcomb Boulevard in a southeasterly and southerly direction for a distance of approximately 13,200 feet to the point of intersection of the centerline of Sneads Ferry Road and the centerline of the Camp Lejeune Railroad; Thence following the centerline of the Sneads Ferry Road in a southeasterly direction approximately 17,700 feet …
Sponsors
- Jones, Brenden H. (R, 46) · primary sponsor
- Humphrey, Chris (R, 12)
- Kidwell, Keith (R, 79)
- Pike, Joseph (R, 6)
Latest actions
- : Ch. SL 2026-56
- : Ratified
- : Ordered Enrolled
- : Conf Report Adopted 3rd
- : Conf Report #CCS2 Adopted
- : Placed On Cal For 08/04/2026
- : Withdrawn From Cal
- : Conf Report Passed 2nd
- : Conf Rpt #1 Recon/withdrawn
- : Conf Report Adopted 2nd
Votes
- Jacksonville Annexation & Conforming Changes. R3 Ruled Mat'l C RPT Adoption (August 4, 2026): 105 yea, 5 nay, passed
- Jacksonville Annexation & Conforming Changes. Conference Rpt Third Reading (July 28, 2026): 42 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Jacksonville Annexation & Conforming Changes. R2 Ruled Mat'l C RPT Adoption (July 2, 2026): 107 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Jacksonville Annexation & Conforming Changes. Conference Rpt Second Reading (July 2, 2026): 47 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Various Local Provisions IV. Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt (June 25, 2025): 29 yea, 16 nay, passed
- Local Board of Education Election Changes. M11 Not Concur (June 3, 2025): 111 yea, 2 nay, passed
Subjects: PROPERTY-LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PROPERTY, LOCAL, SALES & CONVEYANCES, COLUMBUS COUNTY, BUDGETING, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, EDUCATION
Common questions
- What is H116?
- H116 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Jacksonville Annexation & Conforming Changes.
- What does H116 do?
- In its own words: An act to annex into the city of jacksonville certain portions of marine corps base camp lejeune, marine corps air station new river, and marine corps special operations command at stones bay and the new river; and to make conforming changes related to that annexation into the city of jacksonville.
- What is the status of H116?
- Signed into law as of August 6, 2026. Latest action: Ch. SL 2026-56 (August 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored H116?
- Jones, Brenden H. (R, 46), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H116?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H116
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