---
type: "Bill"
title: "Use of Existing Plans for State Construction."
description: "Use of Existing Plans for State Construction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 2147"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2147 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION DEPT.", "ARCHITECTURE", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "CONSTRUCTION", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UNC", "REP. CRAWFORD", "REP. JEFFUS", "REP. LUEBKE", "REP. OWENS", "REP. WRIGHT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-05-17"
last_action: "2006-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4fa950c-b617-43bd-9648-c35718cf7c8c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H2147&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2563de497a8d0c0c01e6584b4a28fa4c0f4dced096ecf3ed7d2e811c5e77c678"
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 2147 (2005) — Use of Existing Plans for State Construction.

## 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/H2147v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2147v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2147v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2147v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2147v4.pdf)
6. **SL2006-217** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2147v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Wright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-08-08** Ch. SL 2006-217 `became-law`
- **2006-08-08** Signed By Gov. 8/8/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-28** Pres. To Gov. 7/28/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-27** Ratified
- **2006-07-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-07-27** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2006
- **2006-07-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-07-26** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2006-07-26** Rec From House
- **2006-07-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-07-25** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-20** Placed On Cal For 7/24/2006
- **2006-07-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-05-18** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2006-05-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4fa950c-b617-43bd-9648-c35718cf7c8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).