---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mercury Switch Removal-2."
description: "Mercury Switch Removal-2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1136"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1136 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "HAZARDOUS WASTE", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECYCLING", "SOLID WASTE", "TRANSPORTATION", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "REP. CULPEPPER", "REP. HACKNEY", "REP. HUNTER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Culpepper", "Hackney"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-04-05"
last_action: "2005-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46a38d75-2139-4f03-a184-d90c431c7139"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1136&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2e58e913bfe41d8eb6fded36edb0e0e6286b3dea5068ccff12ad61619fa18992"
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 1136 (2005) — Mercury Switch Removal-2.

## 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/H1136v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1136v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1136v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1136v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1136v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1136v5.pdf)
7. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1136v6.pdf)
8. **Edition 7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1136v7.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1136v8.pdf)
10. **SL2005-384** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1136v9.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **114–1** (pass) · lower
- Amendment 1 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Culpepper — primary (person)
- Hackney — primary (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Wright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-13** Ch. SL 2005-384 `became-law`
- **2005-09-13** Signed By Gov. 9/13/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-23** Pres. To Gov. 8/23/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-23** Ratified
- **2005-08-22** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-18** Placed On Cal For 8/22/2005
- **2005-08-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-18** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-08-13** Engrossed
- **2005-08-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-13** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-08-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-08-12** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-08-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-08-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-25** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-25** Rec From House
- **2005-05-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-05-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-19** Placed On Cal For 5/23/2005
- **2005-05-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-18** Re-ref Com On Appropriations Subcommittee on Natural and Economic Resources `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-18** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-05-18** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-18** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/16/2005
- **2005-05-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-20** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-06** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `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/46a38d75-2139-4f03-a184-d90c431c7139`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).