---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic Violence Victims Empowerment Act."
description: "Domestic Violence Victims Empowerment Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1311"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1311 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMES", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SHERIFFS", "VICTIMS RIGHTS", "WEAPONS", "WOMEN", "REP. HILTON", "REP. JOHNSON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hilton"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-04-19"
last_action: "2005-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7f89081-9897-4644-b69b-67e9b826d8e5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1311&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "498d443bdc831c277b954f2f07202317719fbf991cd7b8437fe48ce9fb596092"
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 1311 (2005) — Domestic Violence Victims Empowerment Act.

## 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/H1311v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1311v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1311v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1311v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1311v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-343** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1311v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **43–4** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **82–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hilton — primary (person)
- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Justus — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Preston — cosponsor (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Sherrill — cosponsor (person)
- Steen — cosponsor (person)
- Vinson — cosponsor (person)
- Walend — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-08-27** Ch. SL 2005-343 `became-law`
- **2005-08-27** Signed By Gov. 8/27/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-17** 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`
- **2005-05-31** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-31** Rec From House
- **2005-05-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-26** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-05-24** Postponed To 5/26/2005
- **2005-05-16** Postponed To 5/18/2005
- **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** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `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/e7f89081-9897-4644-b69b-67e9b826d8e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).