---
type: "Bill"
title: "ESC/Employers' Protest Filing Period."
description: "ESC/Employers' Protest Filing Period."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 2885"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2885 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "EMPLOYMENT", "EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMN.", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "REP. WAINWRIGHT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-06-15"
last_action: "2006-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fe7f304-7a1d-48f0-89d0-9a258ae74f58"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H2885&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f901f4bf3f9ea155540d09213eb7d6146da387c4153b009937f24c52a0b1a652"
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 2885 (2005) — ESC/Employers' Protest Filing Period.

## 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/H2885v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2885v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2885v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2885v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2885v4.pdf)
6. **SL2006-242** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2885v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-08-13** Ch. SL 2006-242 `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
- **2006-07-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2006-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2006
- **2006-07-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2006-07-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-07-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-07-13** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2006-07-13** Rec From House
- **2006-07-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2006-07-12** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-12** Amend Adopted #3 `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-12** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-07-06** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2006
- **2006-07-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-19** Ref To Com On Insurance `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/9fe7f304-7a1d-48f0-89d0-9a258ae74f58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).