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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Rachel's Law."
+description: "Rachel's Law."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2005"
+identifier: "SB 486"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 486 (2005)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AIRCRAFT", "AVIATION", "CRIMES", "FISCAL NOTES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "TRANSPORTATION", "WEAPONS", "SEN. ALLRAN", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. SNOW", "LAWS NAMED FOR PEOPLE", "BOATS & WATERCRAFT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2005-03-10"
+last_action: "2005-10-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22259eab-225c-4c20-a334-89d3830fb28e"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S486&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "007dca69e4f79ec157183045d7438ebd87041f2accf5c62a1ba04b8d441e30b4"
+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 SB 486 (2005) — Rachel's Law.
+
+## 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/Senate/PDF/S486v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S486v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S486v2.pdf)
+4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S486v3.pdf)
+5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S486v4.pdf)
+6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S486v5.pdf)
+7. **SL2005-461** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S486v6.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- A1 Wiley\Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Allran — cosponsor (person)
+- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
+- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
+- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
+- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
+- Cowell — cosponsor (person)
+- Graham — cosponsor (person)
+- Holloman — cosponsor (person)
+- Jacumin — cosponsor (person)
+- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Presnell — cosponsor (person)
+- Rand — cosponsor (person)
+- Snow — cosponsor (person)
+- Webster — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2005-10-02** Ch. SL 2005-461 `became-law`
+- **2005-10-02** Signed By Gov. 10/2/2005 `executive-signature`
+- **2005-08-24** Pres. To Gov. 8/24/2005 `executive-receipt`
+- **2005-08-23** Ratified
+- **2005-08-23** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2005-08-23** Placed On Cal For 8/23/2005
+- **2005-08-23** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
+- **2005-08-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2005-08-22** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
+- **2005-08-15** Placed On Cal For 8/16/2005
+- **2005-08-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2005-08-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2005-07-20** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2005-07-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2005-05-31** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
+- **2005-05-31** Rec From Senate
+- **2005-05-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2005-05-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2005-04-13** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
+- **2005-04-13** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2005-04-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2005-03-15** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
+- **2005-03-10** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22259eab-225c-4c20-a334-89d3830fb28e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+