---
type: "Bill"
title: "Multicounty Superior Court District/Motions."
description: "Multicounty Superior Court District/Motions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 514"
citation: "North Carolina HB 514 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FAISON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-03"
last_action: "2005-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/937a185c-59e4-488e-9894-1d5d4e668273"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H514&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d4583105febc1446ad81a703b2edec61c38e7726a6df943f51e9f14d1c6b42a1"
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 514 (2005) — Multicounty Superior Court District/Motions.

## 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/H514v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H514v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H514v2.pdf)
4. **SL2005-163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H514v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Sen Amend #1\M11 Concur — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Faison — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-07-07** Ch. SL 2005-163 `became-law`
- **2005-07-07** Signed By Gov. 7/7/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-01** Pres. To Gov. 7/1/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-30** Ratified
- **2005-06-29** Concurred In S Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2005-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/29/2005
- **2005-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-06-28** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2005-06-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-23** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-06-21** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2005
- **2005-06-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/21/2005
- **2005-06-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-24** Rec From House
- **2005-03-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-03-22** Placed On Cal For 3/23/2005
- **2005-03-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-03-17** 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/937a185c-59e4-488e-9894-1d5d4e668273`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).