---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Comment at Local Board Meetings."
description: "Public Comment at Local Board Meetings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 635"
citation: "North Carolina HB 635 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC MEETINGS", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "CHAPTERED", "REP. JONES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-14"
last_action: "2005-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e3e7345-933b-4e14-9689-6b696dc6bde0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H635&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "97ee0abc0b544512df9dff6281b175df35654fa86fdf5eb9a478563d615ad185"
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 635 (2005) — Public Comment at Local Board Meetings.

## 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/H635v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H635v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H635v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H635v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H635v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-170** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H635v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **88–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- B. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-07-11** Ch. SL 2005-170 `became-law`
- **2005-07-11** Became Law w/o Signature
- **2005-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-30** Ratified
- **2005-06-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-31** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-31** Rec From House
- **2005-05-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-26** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-05-17** Postponed To 5/26/2005
- **2005-05-16** Placed On Cal For 5/17/2005
- **2005-05-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-15** Ref To Com On Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e3e7345-933b-4e14-9689-6b696dc6bde0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).