---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clayton Annexation."
description: "Clayton Annexation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 218"
citation: "North Carolina HB 218 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "JOHNSTON COUNTY", "CLAYTON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-11"
last_action: "2015-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc0bbc03-f0b5-4ff2-a61e-65a2bc9da989"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H218&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "931ed54e9881a8bf773f90d3f10ed09f8c61506697ded7e5fa7fe9e02bfc6c3b"
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 218 (2015) — Clayton 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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H218v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H218v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H218v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H218v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-79** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H218v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daughtry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-15** Ch. SL 2015-79 `became-law`
- **2015-06-15** Ratified
- **2015-06-11** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-06-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-06-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-06-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-19** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-06** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-29** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-29** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-29** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-27** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-09** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-12** Ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc0bbc03-f0b5-4ff2-a61e-65a2bc9da989`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).