---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Finance Changes."
description: "Public Finance Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1117"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1117 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIDS & BIDDING", "CONTRACTS", "COUNTIES", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "DEBT/LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ROSS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-04-04"
last_action: "2005-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36da9ee0-85a0-4a50-98c3-e5839e3649f7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1117&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0c7d67fcdb2110cd00a666cf692e84a7f4f2f336826ef5d2b98813b2fe42337f"
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 1117 (2005) — Public Finance Changes.

## 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/H1117v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1117v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1117v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1117v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1117v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1117v5.pdf)
7. **SL2005-238** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1117v6.pdf)

## Votes

- R2 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- R3 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-07-29** Ch. SL 2005-238 `became-law`
- **2005-07-29** Signed By Gov. 7/29/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-22** Pres. To Gov. 7/22/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-21** Ratified
- **2005-07-20** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2005-07-19** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2005-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2005
- **2005-07-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-07-14** Com Sub Ruled Material
- **2005-07-14** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-07-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-07-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-07-11** Placed On Cal For 7/12/2005
- **2005-07-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-07-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-07-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-09** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-09** Rec From House
- **2005-05-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-05-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-03** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-05-02** Placed On Cal For 5/3/2005
- **2005-04-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-04-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-20** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-05** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36da9ee0-85a0-4a50-98c3-e5839e3649f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).