---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Contractor License Exceptions/DOT."
description: "General Contractor License Exceptions/DOT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1827"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1827 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING", "BIDS & BIDDING", "BOARDS", "COMMUNICATIONS", "CONSTRUCTION", "CONTRACTS", "EMPLOYMENT", "FEES", "GENERAL CONTRACTORS BOARD", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MINORITIES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "SIGNS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "MOTOR VEHICLE", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "WOMEN", "REP. COLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-05-09"
last_action: "2006-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d2fb5ac-8b8b-4d7a-99e0-2997752776cc"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1827&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "61dd7ad5eb6b86ff80a7f9ec53c83bc2dba424fd9d711c005a8a8792e351d81e"
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 1827 (2005) — General Contractor License Exceptions/DOT.

## 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/H1827v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1827v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1827v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1827v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1827v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1827v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1827v6.pdf)
8. **SL2006-261** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1827v7.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **90–7** (pass) · lower
- M6 Reconsider\Motion Not To\Concur — **80–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cole — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-08-27** Ch. SL 2006-261 `became-law`
- **2006-08-27** Signed By Gov. 8/27/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-28** Pres. To Gov. 7/28/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-27** Ratified
- **2006-07-27** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-27** Reconsidered Concurrence
- **2006-07-27** Conf Com Withdrawn/dismi
- **2006-07-25** Conf Com Appointed
- **2006-07-24** Conf Com Appointed
- **2006-07-24** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2006-07-20** Placed On Cal For 7/20/2006
- **2006-07-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-20** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2006-07-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-20** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2006-07-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-07-19** Amend Failed #1 `amendment-failure`
- **2006-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2006
- **2006-07-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2006-07-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-07-18** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2006-07-18** Rec From House
- **2006-07-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2006
- **2006-07-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-07-12** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2006-07-12** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2006-06-21** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-01** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2006-05-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-05-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-05-10** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2006-05-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d2fb5ac-8b8b-4d7a-99e0-2997752776cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).