---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transit Drug Testing."
description: "Transit Drug Testing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 740"
citation: "North Carolina HB 740 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "DRUG TESTING", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "TESTING", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "REP. COATES", "SUBSTANCE ABUSE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coates"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-16"
last_action: "2005-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ba75083-1cd4-4afd-a141-2a100eb5b873"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H740&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1f792e4c9a3b807c38d328824859180e4e0aa349260651ea01e725e63ad4751a"
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 740 (2005) — Transit Drug Testing.

## 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/H740v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H740v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H740v2.pdf)
4. **SL2005-156** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H740v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **104–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Coates — primary (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-07-05** Ch. SL 2005-156 `became-law`
- **2005-07-05** Signed By Gov. 7/5/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-28** Ratified
- **2005-06-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-21** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2005
- **2005-06-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-06-20** Placed On Cal For 6/21/2005
- **2005-06-20** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-06-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-18** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-18** Rec From House
- **2005-04-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-04-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-13** Placed On Cal For 4/14/2005
- **2005-04-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-04-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-17** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ba75083-1cd4-4afd-a141-2a100eb5b873`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).