---
type: "Bill"
title: "GARVEE Bond Issuance."
description: "GARVEE Bond Issuance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 254"
citation: "North Carolina HB 254 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNCIL OF STATE", "FISCAL NOTES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "DEBT/STATE GOVERNMENT", "STATE TREASURER", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "REP. CRAWFORD", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-15"
last_action: "2005-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3aa8a73a-362f-4bf7-a76b-47740eb025bf"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H254&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "217eaa289aa6e9ded32a41d968e2449eba58fe6d7e57fa36a78332ed3bcfb032"
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 254 (2005) — GARVEE Bond Issuance.

## 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/H254v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H254v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H254v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H254v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H254v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H254v5.pdf)
7. **SL2005-403** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H254v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **81–33** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- McAllister — cosponsor (person)
- Saunders — cosponsor (person)
- Sutton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-20** Ch. SL 2005-403 `became-law`
- **2005-09-20** Signed By Gov. 9/20/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-23** Pres. To Gov. 8/23/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-23** Ratified
- **2005-08-22** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-18** Placed On Cal For 8/22/2005
- **2005-08-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-18** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-08-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-08-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-08-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-08-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-07-14** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-07-14** Rec From House
- **2005-07-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-07-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-07-11** Placed On Cal For 7/12/2005
- **2005-07-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-07-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-26** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-02-16** Ref To Com On Transportation `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/3aa8a73a-362f-4bf7-a76b-47740eb025bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).