---
type: "Bill"
title: "Death Penalty/Add Aggravating Factor."
description: "Death Penalty/Add Aggravating Factor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1436"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1436 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAPITAL PUNISHMENT", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COMMISSIONS", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "EVIDENCE", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SENTENCING", "SENTENCING ADVISORY COMN.", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "WOMEN", "REP. JOHNSON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-04-20"
last_action: "2005-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9ce51a7-f319-4729-bdf6-9f9c33ea15d0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1436&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5c5c11e9f36c72d2bfd2012631cd29cc8f8da1366b65c9c26b1878e9fb6f2fb3"
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 1436 (2005) — Death Penalty/Add Aggravating Factor.

## 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/H1436v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1436v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1436v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1436v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-295** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1436v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Capps — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Justus — cosponsor (person)
- Steen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-08-22** Ch. SL 2005-295 `became-law`
- **2005-08-22** Signed By Gov. 8/22/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-15** Pres. To Gov. 8/12/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-11** Ratified
- **2005-08-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-01** Rec From House
- **2005-05-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-27** Placed On Cal For 5/31/2005
- **2005-05-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9ce51a7-f319-4729-bdf6-9f9c33ea15d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).