---
type: "Bill"
title: "False Report/Destructive Device."
description: "False Report/Destructive Device."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 490"
citation: "North Carolina HB 490 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "EXPLOSIVES", "FISCAL NOTES", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. HILTON", "REP. SETZER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hilton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-03"
last_action: "2005-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4f938da-dc5b-4748-9990-65e44c691094"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H490&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9911acfab8da6c83fc8ce04f26d6d8ce11bdee8cdaa78f0b19bfa6ec971f415e"
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 490 (2005) — False Report/Destructive Device.

## 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/H490v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H490v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H490v2.pdf)
4. **SL2005-311** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H490v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hilton — primary (person)
- Almond — cosponsor (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Culp — cosponsor (person)
- Current — cosponsor (person)
- Eddins — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Hollo — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- LaRoque — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Steen — cosponsor (person)
- Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-08-25** Ch. SL 2005-311 `became-law`
- **2005-08-25** Signed By Gov. 8/25/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-18** Pres. To Gov. 8/17/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-16** Ratified
- **2005-08-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-12** Placed On Cal For 8/12/2005
- **2005-08-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-30** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-30** Rec From House
- **2005-03-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-03-28** Placed On Cal For 3/29/2005
- **2005-03-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-03-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-07** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `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/b4f938da-dc5b-4748-9990-65e44c691094`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).