---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emerald Isle/Midland Annexation."
description: "Emerald Isle/Midland Annexation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1369"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1369 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "CHARTERS", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "REP. PRESTON", "CARTERET COUNTY", "STANLY COUNTY", "CABARRUS COUNTY", "MIDLAND", "CHAPTERED", "EMERALD ISLE", "STANFIELD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-10"
last_action: "2004-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f44cf24b-c1d0-42d6-9632-f85733b31c14"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1369&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4daefd31b2e62cab347c9f77a4750782ad19a5f3cebc4f07e136e0e27251c973"
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 1369 (2003) — Emerald Isle/Midland Annexation.

## 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/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1369v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1369v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1369v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1369v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2004-56** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1369v4.pdf)

## Votes

- R2 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- R3 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Preston — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-06** Ch. SL 2004-56 `became-law`
- **2004-07-06** Ratified
- **2004-07-01** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2004-06-30** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2004-06-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-29** Com Sub Ruled Material
- **2004-06-29** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2004-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-06-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2004-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-14** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-14** Rec From House
- **2004-06-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-06-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-06-08** Placed On Cal For 6/9/2004
- **2004-06-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-13** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-11** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f44cf24b-c1d0-42d6-9632-f85733b31c14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).