---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gen. Con./Extend Lic.Validity/Lic. Except."
description: "Gen. Con./Extend Lic.Validity/Lic. Except."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 2882"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2882 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMERCE", "CONSTRUCTION", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "GENERAL CONTRACTORS BOARD", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GOFORTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-06-15"
last_action: "2006-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2d0dd52-88b4-41af-b8e3-228dd754a55c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H2882&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "39acd9456a5fb3dc48f1fb14983c7f0303f0f9e6bdf746998f41d9916512f05a"
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 2882 (2005) — Gen. Con./Extend Lic.Validity/Lic. Except.

## 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/H2882v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2882v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2882v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2882v3.pdf)
5. **SL2006-241** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2882v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goforth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-08-13** Ch. SL 2006-241 `became-law`
- **2006-08-13** Signed By Gov. 8/13/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-20** Pres. To Gov. 7/20/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-20** Ratified
- **2006-07-20** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/20/2006
- **2006-07-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-19** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2006-07-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-07-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2006-07-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-07-05** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2006-07-05** Rec From House
- **2006-06-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/29/2006
- **2006-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-19** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2d0dd52-88b4-41af-b8e3-228dd754a55c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).