---
type: "Bill"
title: "Defining State Roads.-AB"
description: "Defining State Roads.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 747"
citation: "North Carolina HB 747 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSTRUCTION", "DEFINITIONS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "REP. COLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cole"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-16"
last_action: "2005-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b4751b1-fc74-4fee-adbd-f13d69f2926d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H747&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d52acde9c4b23eace7b69c8879c7222dba74dc781c9bde85df8de28016a5f32f"
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 747 (2005) — Defining State Roads.-AB

## 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/H747v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H747v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H747v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H747v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H747v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-382** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H747v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **110–3** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-13** Ch. SL 2005-382 `became-law`
- **2005-09-13** Signed By Gov. 9/13/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-23** Pres. To Gov. 8/23/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-23** Ratified
- **2005-08-22** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-18** Placed On Cal For 8/22/2005
- **2005-08-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-15** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-08-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-08-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-01** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-01** Rec From House
- **2005-05-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-27** Placed On Cal For 5/31/2005
- **2005-05-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `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/5b4751b1-fc74-4fee-adbd-f13d69f2926d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).