---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bath's Tricentennial."
description: "Bath's Tricentennial."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HJR 497"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 497 (2005)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["AWARDS", "HONORS & MEMORIALS", "COUNTIES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "BEAUFORT COUNTY", "BATH", "CHAPTERED", "REP. WILLIAMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2005-03-03"
last_action: "2005-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e61f402-7d4e-47e8-8478-8dd72cae4835"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H497&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8ad699f92838fd7d9f7ef04e59cac447b10deeb7e512c4b8360e358ecf4ec40e"
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 HJR 497 (2005) — Bath's Tricentennial.

## 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H497v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H497v1.pdf)
3. **Res 2005-16** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H497v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-03-09** Ch. Res 2005-16 `became-law`
- **2005-03-09** Ratified
- **2005-03-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-03-08** Placed On Cal For 3/8/2005
- **2005-03-08** Rec From House
- **2005-03-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-03-07** Placed On Cal For 3/8/2005
- **2005-03-07** Cal Pursuant 32(a)
- **2005-03-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e61f402-7d4e-47e8-8478-8dd72cae4835`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).