---
type: "Bill"
title: "Notary Fee Increase."
description: "Notary Fee Increase."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1217"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1217 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "NOTARY PUBLIC", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. EARLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-04-12"
last_action: "2005-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c13fd1e6-1956-4369-aaa7-1dd462cfd9d3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1217&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c8d4488442afaf55d2e9298d47776277d9a3f1793586ec37171fdeeccaefdcb1"
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 1217 (2005) — Notary Fee Increase.

## 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/H1217v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1217v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1217v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1217v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-328** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1217v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **73–31** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Wright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-08-29** Ch. SL 2005-328 `became-law`
- **2005-08-29** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-18** Pres. To Gov. 8/17/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-16** Ratified
- **2005-08-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-17** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-17** Rec From House
- **2005-05-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-12** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-05-12** Amendment Withdrawn #1 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2005-05-12** Reconsidered 2nd Reading
- **2005-05-11** Failed 2nd Reading
- **2005-05-10** Placed On Cal For 5/11/2005
- **2005-05-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-13** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c13fd1e6-1956-4369-aaa7-1dd462cfd9d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).