---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development Program Modifications."
description: "Economic Development Program Modifications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 2744"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2744 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGET & MANAGEMENT OFFICE", "BUDGETING", "COMMERCE", "COMMERCE DEPT.", "COMMITTEES", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "COUNTIES", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "EMPLOYMENT", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "FISCAL NOTES", "FUNDING", "GRANTS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RACING", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "REVENUE DEPT.", "SPORTS", "TAX REFUNDS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "CORPORATE INCOME", "TAXES", "SALES & USE", "TRANSPORTATION", "REP. OWENS", "SUNSETS", "CHAPTERED", "ECONOMIC INVESTMENT COMM.", "REP. DAUGHTRIDGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Owens"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-05-25"
last_action: "2006-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7aa86c35-b3dc-4be9-8ee5-1a6a53151d43"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H2744&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3ca2a6cd4f9b31bf0bab07f9b5c5106151f20c627d59481352637e997e9576e7"
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 2744 (2005) — Economic Development Program Modifications.

## 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/H2744v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2744v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2744v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2744v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2744v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2744v5.pdf)
7. **SL2006-168** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2744v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **36–13** (pass) · upper
- Sen Amend #1\M11 Concur — **97–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Owens — primary (person)
- Daughtridge — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-07-27** Ch. SL 2006-168 `became-law`
- **2006-07-27** Signed By Gov. 7/27/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-19** Ratified
- **2006-07-18** Concurred In S Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2006
- **2006-07-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-18** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-07-12** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2006-07-12** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2006-07-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-07-12** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-07-07** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2006-07-07** Rec From House
- **2006-07-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-07-06** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-06** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2006-07-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-27** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-05-29** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2006-05-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7aa86c35-b3dc-4be9-8ee5-1a6a53151d43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).