---
type: "Bill"
title: "Incorporate Sunset Harbor."
description: "Incorporate Sunset Harbor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 685"
citation: "North Carolina HB 685 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTERS", "COUNTIES", "ELECTIONS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPAL INCORPORATION", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES", "REP. HILL", "BRUNSWICK COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "SUNSET HARBOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-25"
last_action: "2003-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/602a2e3d-4a22-4b02-8aa8-c8d10f6c56b8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H685&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d24e7b2cd79d059bc1f7ce1c49d29e507faebbfedf21573248bc00e45f001aef"
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 685 (2003) — Incorporate Sunset Harbor.

## 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/H685v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H685v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H685v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2003-317** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H685v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Sen. Amend. #1\M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hill — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-14** Ch. SL 2003-317 `became-law`
- **2003-07-10** Ratified
- **2003-07-09** Concurred In S Amend #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2003
- **2003-07-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-03** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2003-06-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-30** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-30** Placed On Cal For 6/30/2003
- **2003-06-30** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-23** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2003
- **2003-06-23** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-14** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-14** Rec From House
- **2003-04-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-04-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-08** Placed On Cal For 4/9/2003
- **2003-04-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-26** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/602a2e3d-4a22-4b02-8aa8-c8d10f6c56b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).