---
type: "Bill"
title: "Four Oaks Annexation/Deannexation."
description: "Four Oaks Annexation/Deannexation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1685"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1685 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "LOCAL", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "REP. DAUGHTRY", "JOHNSTON COUNTY", "CLAYTON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-06-12"
last_action: "2002-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73ccd832-8100-4619-a0ec-929cac35eb0d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1685&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "46b6f82aed3c8cba405423da3cd21eeeda19d6fcc48ba41f4b6f1ea80f7d550d"
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 1685 (2001) — Four Oaks Annexation/Deannexation.

## Version chain

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

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1685v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1685v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1685v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2002-125** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1685v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daughtry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-30** Ch. SL 2002-125 `became-law`
- **2002-09-30** Ratified
- **2002-09-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2002-09-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2002-09-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-08-15** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-15** Rec From House
- **2002-08-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2002-08-13** Placed On Cal For 8/14/2002
- **2002-08-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-08-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-06-13** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73ccd832-8100-4619-a0ec-929cac35eb0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).