---
type: "Bill"
title: "DOT Report/Federal Rail Assistance to NC."
description: "DOT Report/Federal Rail Assistance to NC."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1280"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1280 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETING", "COUNTIES", "FUNDING", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RAILROADS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "ROBESON COUNTY", "PEMBROKE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. PATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Justice", "Pate", "Rapp"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-04-18"
last_action: "2005-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76abedf5-93b4-4819-8594-5e3b88c2f90b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1280&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "613acc4c92f9ba0554f271ccc31397c0de671af5c044b1e34d27ad6a66a807e3"
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 1280 (2005) — DOT Report/Federal Rail Assistance to NC.

## 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/H1280v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1280v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1280v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1280v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1280v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1280v5.pdf)
7. **SL2005-222** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1280v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Amendment 1 — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **116–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Justice — primary (person)
- Pate — primary (person)
- Rapp — primary (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- McComas — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Wright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-07-27** Ch. SL 2005-222 `became-law`
- **2005-07-27** Signed By Gov. 7/27/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-21** Pres. To Gov. 7/21/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-20** Ratified
- **2005-07-19** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2005
- **2005-07-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-07-12** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-07-07** Engrossed
- **2005-07-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-07-07** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-07-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-07-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-16** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-16** Rec From House
- **2005-05-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-10** Placed On Cal For 5/11/2005
- **2005-05-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-19** Ref To Com On Transportation `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/76abedf5-93b4-4819-8594-5e3b88c2f90b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).