---
type: "Bill"
title: "Watha Town Council/Bolton Annexation."
description: "Watha Town Council/Bolton Annexation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 388"
citation: "North Carolina SB 388 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTERS", "CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "ELECTIONS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MAYORS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. SOLES", "COLUMBUS COUNTY", "PENDER COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "WATHA", "BOLTON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-03"
last_action: "2005-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7f15542-7eb9-455b-b1c2-93e8a3d8ebe2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S388&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "de0520b678d2ffab68d381adafb9f0f7e7a2c254e7e74716d8d576040f30bcd8"
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 388 (2005) — Watha Town Council/Bolton 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/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S388v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S388v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S388v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S388v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-141** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S388v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Soles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-06-30** Ch. SL 2005-141 `became-law`
- **2005-06-30** Ratified
- **2005-06-29** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2005-06-28** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2005-06-27** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2005
- **2005-06-27** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2005-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-06-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-06-23** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2005-06-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-06-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-22** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-22** Ref To Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-22** Rec From Senate
- **2005-03-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-03-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-07** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **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/e7f15542-7eb9-455b-b1c2-93e8a3d8ebe2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).