---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student Asthma Medications."
description: "Student Asthma Medications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 496"
citation: "North Carolina HB 496 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "DISEASES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "HEALTH SERVICES", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STUDENTS", "REP. INSKO", "CHAPTERED", "REP. HARRISON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harrison"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-03"
last_action: "2005-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd271103-6ec1-4bae-991a-8136a5b6d0f3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H496&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ad8dc29ae90cc134a34041f8bc5c64eb8eb3a2264eb62e7220f3fb877066c155"
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 496 (2005) — Student Asthma Medications.

## 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/H496v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H496v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H496v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H496v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-22** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H496v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **104–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harrison — primary (person)
- B. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-04-28** Ch. SL 2005-22 `became-law`
- **2005-04-28** Signed By Gov. 4/28/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-04-26** Pres. To Gov. 4/26/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-04-25** Ratified
- **2005-04-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-04-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-05** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-05** Rec From House
- **2005-04-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-03-31** Placed On Cal For 4/4/2005
- **2005-03-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-03-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-09** Assigned To Education Subcommittee on Pre-School, Elementary and Secondary Education `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-07** Ref To Com On Education `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/bd271103-6ec1-4bae-991a-8136a5b6d0f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).