---
type: "Bill"
title: "Swansboro Annexation."
description: "Swansboro Annexation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1593"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1593 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "REP. PRESTON", "ONSLOW COUNTY", "SWANSBORO", "CHAPTERED", "REP. K. WILLIAMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Preston"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-19"
last_action: "2004-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e9cb49a-b9f6-447c-a29d-ef959eb96531"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1593&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "11ea2e1e0c4892a7855fffd1746291e4981832e583d14c95b40b52a5272783d5"
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 1593 (2003) — Swansboro 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/H1593v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1593v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1593v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2004-42** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1593v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Preston — primary (person)
- K. Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-06-30** Ch. SL 2004-42 `became-law`
- **2004-06-30** Ratified
- **2004-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-06-24** Reptd Fav `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`
- **2004-05-20** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e9cb49a-b9f6-447c-a29d-ef959eb96531`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).