---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sullivan Act II."
description: "Sullivan Act II."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1065"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1065 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "REP. SHERRILL", "BUNCOMBE COUNTY", "ASHEVILLE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GOFORTH", "REP. FISHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fisher", "Sherrill"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-30"
last_action: "2005-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e80ac04-773c-4d65-82ef-a5d26347d466"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1065&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d9e984cc17029e6adb1cf212523e5a257d8f79120c2d72bd43a417fd6dbc19e9"
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 1065 (2005) — Sullivan Act II.

## 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/H1065v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1065v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1065v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1065v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1065v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1065v5.pdf)
7. **SL2005-140** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1065v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **113–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fisher — primary (person)
- Sherrill — primary (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-06-29** Ch. SL 2005-140 `became-law`
- **2005-06-29** Ratified
- **2005-06-29** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-06-29** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2005-06-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-06-29** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-06-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-29** Placed On Cal For 6/29/2005
- **2005-06-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-06-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-02** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-02** Rec From House
- **2005-06-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-31** Placed On Cal For 6/1/2005
- **2005-05-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-31** Reptd Com Sub w/o Prejud
- **2005-05-03** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-03** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-04-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-04-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-31** Ref To Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e80ac04-773c-4d65-82ef-a5d26347d466`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).