---
type: "Bill"
title: "UNC-Pembroke/Historically American Indian U."
description: "UNC-Pembroke/Historically American Indian U."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 371"
citation: "North Carolina HB 371 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "MINORITIES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STATE SYMBOLS", "UNC", "REP. SUTTON", "ROBESON COUNTY", "PEMBROKE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pierce", "Sutton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-23"
last_action: "2005-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0e5342c-c9e2-4dc3-945a-265f3b33aea4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H371&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3c78f438b2b57c8d72b5b298854e028360002aeb6c83d9c7524db40e8ac5015e"
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 371 (2005) — UNC-Pembroke/Historically American Indian U.

## 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/H371v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H371v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H371v2.pdf)
4. **SL2005-153** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H371v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pierce — primary (person)
- Sutton — primary (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- B. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwood — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- McAllister — cosponsor (person)
- Michaux — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)
- Yongue — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-07-05** Ch. SL 2005-153 `became-law`
- **2005-07-05** Signed By Gov. 7/5/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-27** Ratified
- **2005-06-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-21** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-21** Rec From House
- **2005-04-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-04-19** Placed On Cal For 4/20/2005
- **2005-04-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-04-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-02-24** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0e5342c-c9e2-4dc3-945a-265f3b33aea4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).