---
type: "Bill"
title: "Matthews/Waxhaw Annexation."
description: "Matthews/Waxhaw Annexation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 705"
citation: "North Carolina HB 705 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. BLACK", "REP. GULLEY", "MECKLENBURG COUNTY", "UNION COUNTY", "MATTHEWS", "CHAPTERED", "WAXHAW"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gulley"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-26"
last_action: "2003-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74edfed4-7d45-43e7-b8dd-a153b63e1de9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H705&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "956af4eec384cb5a74c5388423ebdb9c23bcae5a1a87f590c242ce289219e69d"
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 705 (2003) — Matthews/Waxhaw 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/H705v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H705v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H705v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H705v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H705v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-273** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H705v5.pdf)

## Votes

- R3 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **101–3** (pass) · lower
- R2 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gulley — primary (person)
- Black — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-27** Ch. SL 2003-273 `became-law`
- **2003-06-26** Ratified
- **2003-06-26** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2003-06-25** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2003-06-24** Com Sub Ruled Material
- **2003-06-24** Placed On Cal For 6/25/2003
- **2003-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-24** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-06-24** Engrossed
- **2003-06-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-23** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-23** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2003
- **2003-06-23** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/24/2003
- **2003-06-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-06-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-29** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-29** Rec From House
- **2003-05-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-05-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-26** Placed On Cal For 5/27/2003
- **2003-05-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-27** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74edfed4-7d45-43e7-b8dd-a153b63e1de9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).