---
type: "Bill"
title: "Search Warrants/Audio & Video Transmission."
description: "Search Warrants/Audio & Video Transmission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1485"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1485 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AOC", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "EVIDENCE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "REP. CULPEPPER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-04-20"
last_action: "2005-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fa0c6b4-d975-4ccf-87d3-1055bce8e508"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1485&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b5108c0429a2d25b84c20dc7ef716a45d46bd97792afdd2eb545c80827fd5899"
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 1485 (2005) — Search Warrants/Audio & Video Transmission.

## 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/H1485v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1485v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1485v2.pdf)
4. **SL2005-334** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1485v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Culpepper — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-08-29** Ch. SL 2005-334 `became-law`
- **2005-08-29** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-18** Pres. To Gov. 8/17/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-16** Ratified
- **2005-08-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-12** Placed On Cal For 8/12/2005
- **2005-08-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `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 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary IV `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/1fa0c6b4-d975-4ccf-87d3-1055bce8e508`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).