---
type: "Bill"
title: "Whiteville Annexation."
description: "Whiteville Annexation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 1343"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1343 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "TRANSPORTATION", "SEN. SOLES", "COLUMBUS COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "WHITEVILLE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-25"
last_action: "2004-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/625e1f32-f824-4746-8897-8545fce1062e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S1343&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2a296af55e167fd7325f642f30d3aec8039accd0af1c0006c6efc8bd8dc8682b"
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 SB 1343 (2003) — Whiteville 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/Senate/PDF/S1343v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1343v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1343v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2004-107** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1343v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **110–2** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **93–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Soles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-17** Ch. SL 2004-107 `became-law`
- **2004-07-16** Ratified
- **2004-07-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-07-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2004
- **2004-07-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-07-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-09** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-09** Rec From Senate
- **2004-06-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-06-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-06-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-26** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/625e1f32-f824-4746-8897-8545fce1062e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).