---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conover/Claremont Annex/Deannex."
description: "Conover/Claremont Annex/Deannex."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 725"
citation: "North Carolina HB 725 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. SETZER", "CATAWBA COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "CLAREMONT", "CONOVER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-26"
last_action: "2003-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/431e6388-af60-4668-8e14-2bbef8137f58"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H725&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7fd697103db4e67851854492dbc98ebd842bded3238f9d7fb5c7860d7ff32f20"
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 725 (2003) — Conover/Claremont Annex/Deannex.

## 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/H725v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H725v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H725v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H725v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-244** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H725v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-25** Ch. SL 2003-244 `became-law`
- **2003-06-24** Ratified
- **2003-06-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-06-12** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-12** Rec From House
- **2003-06-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/10/2003
- **2003-06-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `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/431e6388-af60-4668-8e14-2bbef8137f58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).