---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concord Annexation Effective Date."
description: "Concord Annexation Effective Date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1688"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1688 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "REP. BARNHART", "CABARRUS COUNTY", "CONCORD", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-26"
last_action: "2004-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a1ce1ab-9b28-4dee-ab90-3aa2de0adc28"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1688&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "237fc6dd396846c19ab31e75ef71968d45b88bfebbaa030d5e3e083e89ed6879"
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 1688 (2003) — Concord Annexation Effective Date.

## 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/H1688v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1688v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1688v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2004-102** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1688v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **42–5** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **44–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-15** Ch. SL 2004-102 `became-law`
- **2004-07-15** Ratified
- **2004-07-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-07-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-07-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-07-08** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-07-08** Rec From House
- **2004-07-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-07-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-07-06** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2004
- **2004-06-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-27** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a1ce1ab-9b28-4dee-ab90-3aa2de0adc28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).