---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driving From/Leaving Scene of Accident."
description: "Driving From/Leaving Scene of Accident."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 217"
citation: "North Carolina HB 217 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "FISCAL NOTES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "TRANSPORTATION", "REP. INSKO", "REP. LUEBKE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. BORDSEN", "REP. HARRISON", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bordsen", "Harrison", "Insko"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-10"
last_action: "2005-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2df20b37-85cc-4a87-bec4-c6cb844ab852"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H217&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d1530ce8528bcd44b77fbb79746233ea9dc2eef18b07ab8f5da6cde3f64cf7ec"
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 217 (2005) — Driving From/Leaving Scene of Accident.

## 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/H217v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H217v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H217v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H217v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H217v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H217v5.pdf)
7. **SL2005-460** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H217v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bordsen — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Insko — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Allred — cosponsor (person)
- B. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Blust — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Capps — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Culp — cosponsor (person)
- Culpepper — cosponsor (person)
- Current — cosponsor (person)
- Dickson — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Justice — cosponsor (person)
- Kiser — cosponsor (person)
- L. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- LaRoque — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- McAllister — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Sherrill — cosponsor (person)
- Stiller — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Wright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-10-02** Ch. SL 2005-460 `became-law`
- **2005-10-02** Signed By Gov. 10/2/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-23** Pres. To Gov. 8/23/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-23** Ratified
- **2005-08-22** Conf Report Adopted
- **2005-08-16** Placed On Cal For 8/22/2005
- **2005-08-16** Conf Com Reported
- **2005-08-12** Conf Report Adopted
- **2005-08-12** Placed On Cal For 8/12/2005
- **2005-08-12** Conf Com Reported
- **2005-07-07** Conf Com Appointed
- **2005-06-29** Conf Com Appointed
- **2005-06-29** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2005-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/29/2005
- **2005-06-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-06-23** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-06-22** Engrossed
- **2005-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-06-22** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-06-21** Placed On Cal For 6/22/2005
- **2005-06-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-06-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/21/2005
- **2005-06-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2005
- **2005-06-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-06-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-17** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-17** Rec From House
- **2005-03-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-03-15** Placed On Cal For 3/16/2005
- **2005-03-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-03-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-02-14** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2df20b37-85cc-4a87-bec4-c6cb844ab852`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).