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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Restrict Use of Blue and Red Vehicle Lights."
+description: "Restrict Use of Blue and Red Vehicle Lights."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2005"
+identifier: "HB 355"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 355 (2005)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIMES", "FISCAL NOTES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MCGEE", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["McGee"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2005-02-22"
+last_action: "2005-07-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fc8637e-ee44-4744-acc0-b0a01daed295"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H355&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "c3ddfd2c9a30ff782050e4cf46f07c05194b94e4ff2d3f9b30237a26ecfb16cf"
+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 355 (2005) — Restrict Use of Blue and Red Vehicle Lights.
+
+## 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/House/PDF/H355v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H355v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H355v2.pdf)
+4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H355v3.pdf)
+5. **SL2005-152** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H355v4.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- Second Reading — **103–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- McGee — primary (person)
+- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
+- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
+- Blackwood — cosponsor (person)
+- Bordsen — cosponsor (person)
+- Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- Capps — cosponsor (person)
+- Carney — cosponsor (person)
+- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
+- Coates — cosponsor (person)
+- Culp — cosponsor (person)
+- Daughtridge — cosponsor (person)
+- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
+- Earle — cosponsor (person)
+- England — cosponsor (person)
+- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
+- Frye — cosponsor (person)
+- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
+- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
+- Haire — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
+- Hollo — cosponsor (person)
+- Howard — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Justice — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Allen — cosponsor (person)
+- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
+- Moore — cosponsor (person)
+- Nye — cosponsor (person)
+- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
+- Pate — cosponsor (person)
+- Preston — cosponsor (person)
+- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
+- Sauls — cosponsor (person)
+- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
+- Sherrill — cosponsor (person)
+- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
+- Steen — cosponsor (person)
+- Sutton — cosponsor (person)
+- Vinson — cosponsor (person)
+- Walend — cosponsor (person)
+- Walker — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+- Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Womble — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2005-07-05** Ch. SL 2005-152 `became-law`
+- **2005-07-05** Signed By Gov. 7/5/2005 `executive-signature`
+- **2005-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2005 `executive-receipt`
+- **2005-06-28** Ratified
+- **2005-06-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2005-06-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2005-04-18** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
+- **2005-04-18** Rec From House
+- **2005-04-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2005-04-13** Placed On Cal For 4/14/2005
+- **2005-04-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2005-04-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2005-02-23** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
+- **2005-02-22** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fc8637e-ee44-4744-acc0-b0a01daed295`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+