---
type: "Bill"
title: "Town of Beaufort/Annexation."
description: "Town of Beaufort/Annexation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 204"
citation: "North Carolina HB 204 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANNEXATION", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "CONSERVATION", "COUNTIES", "ENVIRONMENT", "EXTRATERRITORIALITY", "LAKES & RIVERS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "WATER RESOURCES", "PINE KNOLL SHORES", "INDIAN BEACH", "CARTERET COUNTY", "MOREHEAD CITY", "ATLANTIC BEACH", "CEDAR POINT", "CHAPTERED", "EMERALD ISLE", "BEAUFORT", "NEWPORT", "CAPE CARTERET", "PELETIER", "BOGUE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76cbb2a9-3b3d-45ed-bcd7-912fa11edfd7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H204&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f8498ab43121928d8253b715bc9139dd8a728f98728cccd1e1190bdc68032549"
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 204 (2019) — Town of Beaufort/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/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H204v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H204v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H204v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H204v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2019-95** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H204v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McElraft — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-08** Ch. SL 2019-95 `became-law`
- **2019-07-08** Ratified
- **2019-07-01** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-07-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-27** Placed On Cal For 07/01/2019
- **2019-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-04** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-24** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-17** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-04-17** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-04-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** Placed On Cal For 04/15/2019
- **2019-04-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-04-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76cbb2a9-3b3d-45ed-bcd7-912fa11edfd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).