---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cabarrus Annexations."
description: "Cabarrus Annexations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 224"
citation: "North Carolina HB 224 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "BLANK BILL", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. L. JOHNSON", "CABARRUS COUNTY", "MIDLAND", "CHAPTERED", "KANNAPOLIS", "MOUNT PLEASANT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-04"
last_action: "2004-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f859e85d-002e-426f-be87-e240b2202477"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H224&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "32c434d5261e7f3f1616ba8978abbf60c53ae01d12a4729272e1d0eaf377c42d"
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 224 (2003) — Cabarrus Annexations.

## 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/H224v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H224v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H224v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H224v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H224v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H224v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H224v6.pdf)
8. **SL 2004-39** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H224v7.pdf)

## Votes

- R3 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- R2 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-06-30** Ch. SL 2004-39 `became-law`
- **2004-06-30** Ratified
- **2004-06-30** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2004-06-29** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2004-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/29/2004
- **2004-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-28** Com Sub Ruled Material
- **2004-06-28** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2004-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-06-24** Engrossed
- **2004-06-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-06-24** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2004-06-22** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2004
- **2004-06-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2004-06-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2004-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-07-19** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-19** Rec From House
- **2003-07-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-07-19** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-19** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2003
- **2003-07-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-07-16** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-16** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-03-05** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f859e85d-002e-426f-be87-e240b2202477`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).