---
type: "Bill"
title: "Smoking in Public Places/Local Health/DSS."
description: "Smoking in Public Places/Local Health/DSS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1482"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1482 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SOCIAL SERVICES DEPTS.", "TOBACCO", "CHAPTERED", "REP. PIERCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-04-20"
last_action: "2005-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fca48a04-17eb-4480-8a84-9cd569ab81a6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1482&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a995386caf13ce87f07056110e49e9b788d2bdf32f6cb74aa89bb4ca0db1827b"
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 1482 (2005) — Smoking in Public Places/Local Health/DSS.

## 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/H1482v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1482v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1482v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1482v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-168** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1482v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **104–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-07-07** Ch. SL 2005-168 `became-law`
- **2005-07-07** Signed By Gov. 7/7/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-27** Ratified
- **2005-06-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-06** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-06** Rec From House
- **2005-06-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-31** Placed On Cal For 6/1/2005
- **2005-05-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-21** Ref To Com On Health `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/fca48a04-17eb-4480-8a84-9cd569ab81a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).