---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow Name Change Where Divorce Granted."
description: "Allow Name Change Where Divorce Granted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 508"
citation: "North Carolina HB 508 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "DIVORCE", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. HAIRE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-03"
last_action: "2005-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffcb1e39-fe28-4571-b266-a066205a3406"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H508&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f136880e6f5a517541ee87e806af06e11c3f1f40a94b2f55a6fc51fbc3508a81"
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 508 (2005) — Allow Name Change Where Divorce Granted.

## 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/H508v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H508v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H508v2.pdf)
4. **SL2005-38** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H508v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haire — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-05-12** Ch. SL 2005-38 `became-law`
- **2005-05-12** Signed By Gov. 5/12/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-05-05** Pres. To Gov. 5/5/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-05-04** Ratified
- **2005-05-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-05-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-21** Rec From House
- **2005-03-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-03-16** Postponed To 3/17/2005
- **2005-03-15** Placed On Cal For 3/16/2005
- **2005-03-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-03-15** 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/ffcb1e39-fe28-4571-b266-a066205a3406`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).