---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cary Charter Rewrite."
description: "Cary Charter Rewrite."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 488"
citation: "North Carolina HB 488 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTERS", "CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "REP. WEISS", "WAKE COUNTY", "CARY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. DOLLAR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weiss"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-03"
last_action: "2005-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a7ac633-394a-4bf9-826c-7deb151a6fa9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H488&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c4eba672b157713cff4c1e96a87f4e701f1c2cec158b8efec6d8f69e24f23018"
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 488 (2005) — Cary Charter Rewrite.

## 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/H488v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H488v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H488v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H488v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-117** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H488v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- Sen. Amend. #1\M11 Concur — **104–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Weiss — primary (person)
- B. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-06-28** Ch. SL 2005-117 `became-law`
- **2005-06-28** Ratified
- **2005-06-27** Concurred In S Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2005-06-23** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2005
- **2005-06-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-06-22** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2005-06-16** Returned To House
- **2005-06-16** Recalled From Enrolling
- **2005-06-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-06-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2005
- **2005-06-09** Com Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-06-09** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-03** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-03** Rec From House
- **2005-05-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-04-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-26** Placed On Cal For 4/27/2005
- **2005-04-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-04-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-07** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a7ac633-394a-4bf9-826c-7deb151a6fa9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).