---
type: "Bill"
title: "MRC and CERT Volunteers Qualified Immunity."
description: "MRC and CERT Volunteers Qualified Immunity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1297"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1297 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "HEALTH SERVICES", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SURVEYING", "VOLUNTEERS", "REP. HACKNEY", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-04-19"
last_action: "2005-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d99c29f2-cd80-4f9c-a27c-ac509ea06b72"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1297&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ccfdccf5a908d95fffc7defb62a99150e0e809706a7aa4f125b1d9c550c72b1f"
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 1297 (2005) — MRC and CERT Volunteers Qualified Immunity.

## 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/H1297v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1297v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1297v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1297v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1297v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1297v5.pdf)
7. **SL2005-273** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1297v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **103–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- LaRoque — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-08-12** Ch. SL 2005-273 `became-law`
- **2005-08-12** Signed By Gov. 8/12/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/2/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-01** Ratified
- **2005-07-28** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-07-27** Placed On Cal For 7/28/2005
- **2005-07-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-07-21** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-07-20** Engrossed
- **2005-07-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-07-20** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-07-12** Placed On Cal For 7/20/2005
- **2005-07-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-07-07** Placed On Cal For 7/12/2005
- **2005-07-07** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-07-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-07-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-09** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-09** Rec From House
- **2005-05-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-03** Placed On Cal For 5/4/2005
- **2005-04-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-04-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d99c29f2-cd80-4f9c-a27c-ac509ea06b72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).