---
type: "Bill"
title: "Smoking in Public Places/Local Health Dept."
description: "Smoking in Public Places/Local Health Dept."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 239"
citation: "North Carolina HB 239 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "HEALTH DEPTS.", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "TOBACCO", "REP. WAINWRIGHT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-15"
last_action: "2005-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7b80e7c-0489-491d-95a7-643ac5692521"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H239&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d372f5f0190d81dc4cf8ac46b6a6da66c34aa421f8533f3dc46cf0cd8c0ca5c6"
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 239 (2005) — Smoking in Public Places/Local Health Dept.

## 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/H239v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H239v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H239v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H239v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-19** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H239v4.pdf)

## Votes

- A2 Wainwright\Third Reading — **100–3** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-04-28** Ch. SL 2005-19 `became-law`
- **2005-04-28** Signed By Gov. 4/28/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-04-19** Pres. To Gov. 4/19/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-04-18** Ratified
- **2005-04-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-04-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-23** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-23** Rec From House
- **2005-03-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-03-22** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-03-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-03-17** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-03-16** Placed On Cal For 3/17/2005
- **2005-03-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-03-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-02-16** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7b80e7c-0489-491d-95a7-643ac5692521`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).