---
type: "Bill"
title: "MV Move-Over Law Changes."
description: "MV Move-Over Law Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 288"
citation: "North Carolina HB 288 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AMBULANCES", "CRIMES", "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "FISCAL NOTES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RESCUE SQUADS", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "TRANSPORTATION", "CHAPTERED", "REP. RAPP", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rapp"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-16"
last_action: "2005-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ff8c205-6860-41bf-b4cc-f5b3db8a379a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H288&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6cc0db2397c25f7dcb9abe150ed2c51ec2c529603767a097be7505d59c50a1c5"
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 288 (2005) — MV Move-Over Law Changes.

## 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/H288v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H288v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H288v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H288v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H288v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H288v5.pdf)
7. **SL2005-189** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H288v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rapp — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- B. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Bordsen — cosponsor (person)
- Capps — cosponsor (person)
- Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Culp — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Holliman — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Justus — cosponsor (person)
- Kiser — cosponsor (person)
- L. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- LaRoque — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- McAllister — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Preston — cosponsor (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Saunders — cosponsor (person)
- Sherrill — cosponsor (person)
- Stam — cosponsor (person)
- Steen — cosponsor (person)
- Sutton — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)
- Vinson — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Yongue — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-07-14** Ch. SL 2005-189 `became-law`
- **2005-07-14** Signed By Gov. 7/14/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-11** Pres. To Gov. 7/8/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-07** Ratified
- **2005-07-06** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-07-05** Placed On Cal For 7/6/2005
- **2005-06-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-06-29** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-06-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-02** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-02** Rec From House
- **2005-06-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-01** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-06-01** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-05-31** Placed On Cal For 6/1/2005
- **2005-05-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-02-17** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ff8c205-6860-41bf-b4cc-f5b3db8a379a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).