---
type: "Bill"
title: "Beaufort Satellite Annexations."
description: "Beaufort Satellite Annexations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 774"
citation: "North Carolina HB 774 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "RATIFIED", "REP. PRESTON", "CARTERET COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "BEAUFORT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-26"
last_action: "2003-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27817a40-79a3-49bc-892b-bf00fbd548cf"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H774&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "00b1632d7eef21ede39657a1992b8e0b1806d6d74f09f3a973ea6e258f91fdac"
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 774 (2003) — Beaufort Satellite 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/H774v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H774v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H774v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H774v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-204** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H774v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Preston — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-18** Ch. SL 2003-204 `became-law`
- **2003-06-17** Ratified
- **2003-06-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-28** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-28** Rec From House
- **2003-04-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-04-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-22** Placed On Cal For 4/23/2003
- **2003-04-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-22** 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/27817a40-79a3-49bc-892b-bf00fbd548cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).