---
type: "Bill"
title: "Servicemembers and Veterans/ID Theft."
description: "Servicemembers and Veterans/ID Theft."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 2883"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2883 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "COMMERCE", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "CRIMES", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "FRAUD", "ID SYSTEMS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "THEFT", "VETERANS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GOFORTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-06-15"
last_action: "2006-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1b211e3-1582-4f8f-bf25-770de3747cf2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H2883&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3cc7fad5bc08d19333e6f2acf5cc043095b1c1fc4652b2939bd32013df337853"
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 2883 (2005) — Servicemembers and Veterans/ID Theft.

## 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/H2883v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2883v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2883v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2883v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2883v4.pdf)
6. **SL2006-158** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2883v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Wiley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-07-23** Ch. SL 2006-158 `became-law`
- **2006-07-23** Signed By Gov. 7/23/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-13** Pres. To Gov. 7/13/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-13** Ratified
- **2006-07-12** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-11** Placed On Cal For 7/12/2006
- **2006-07-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-11** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2006-07-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-07-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2006-07-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-26** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-26** Rec From House
- **2006-06-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-22** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2006-06-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-06-22** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2006-06-21** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-19** Ref to the Com on Military, Veterans and Indian Affairs and, if favorable, to the Com on Finance `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/e1b211e3-1582-4f8f-bf25-770de3747cf2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).