---
type: "Bill"
title: "Strengthen Neighborhood Watch Programs."
description: "Strengthen Neighborhood Watch Programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1120"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1120 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "FISCAL NOTES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FRYE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-04-05"
last_action: "2006-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5fc8258-70a5-4c13-9b63-67cc15bec4cd"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1120&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b0ff2df94c9bf8439d0dad51a6cf62fede7ea3105b3f04714d318b73669cc2f4"
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 1120 (2005) — Strengthen Neighborhood Watch Programs.

## 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/H1120v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1120v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1120v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1120v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1120v4.pdf)
6. **SL2006-181** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1120v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- SEN AMEND #1\M11 Concur — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Steen — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-08-01** Ch. SL 2006-181 `became-law`
- **2006-08-01** Signed By Gov. 8/1/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-18** Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-18** Ratified
- **2006-07-17** Concurred In S Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2006
- **2006-07-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-12** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2006-07-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-07-12** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/12/2006
- **2006-07-10** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-08-12** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2005-08-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-17** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-17** Rec From House
- **2005-05-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-05-12** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-05-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed On Cal For 5/11/2005
- **2005-05-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-06** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5fc8258-70a5-4c13-9b63-67cc15bec4cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).