---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pleasant Garden Annex/Watha Deannex."
description: "Pleasant Garden Annex/Watha Deannex."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 1245"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1245 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "PENDER COUNTY", "GUILFORD COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "WATHA", "PLEASANT GARDEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hardister"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-05-28"
last_action: "2014-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7af91de8-ea63-4677-a47d-5de03852e28d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H1245&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c671d5a4905ad88d412907354ec219c8d3ce16e7c2d88fe2b0401ffa916e5a0e"
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 1245 (2013) — Pleasant Garden Annex/Watha Deannex.

## 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H1245v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H1245v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H1245v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H1245v3.pdf)
5. **SL2014-80** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H1245v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hardister — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Brandon — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-07-22** Ch. SL 2014-80 `became-law`
- **2014-07-22** Ratified
- **2014-07-21** Ordered Enrolled
- **2014-07-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2014-07-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-07-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-07-15** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2014-07-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-07-10** Sequential Referral To Finance Added
- **2014-07-10** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2014-07-10** Withdrawn From Com
- **2014-07-01** Ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2014-07-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-07-01** Special Message Received From House
- **2014-06-30** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2014-06-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2014-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-06-25** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2014
- **2014-06-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2014-06-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-06-18** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-05-29** Ref to the Com on Government, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7af91de8-ea63-4677-a47d-5de03852e28d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).