---
type: "Bill"
title: "Speeding to Elude Arrest."
description: "Speeding to Elude Arrest."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1279"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1279 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "CRIMES", "DEATH & DYING", "FISCAL NOTES", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SPEED LIMIT", "TRANSPORTATION", "REP. HILL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-04-18"
last_action: "2005-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eae07bf9-bc57-467e-a17c-b0061d7dae1b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1279&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "86fd1bd4af5aed425af97a6c4d243500c0a32b1741eece52e1395c26ef68a656"
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 1279 (2005) — Speeding to Elude Arrest.

## 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/H1279v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1279v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1279v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1279v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-341** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1279v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hill — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-08-26** Ch. SL 2005-341 `became-law`
- **2005-08-26** 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`
- **2005-05-23** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-23** Rec From House
- **2005-05-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-17** Placed On Cal For 5/18/2005
- **2005-05-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eae07bf9-bc57-467e-a17c-b0061d7dae1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).