---
type: "Bill"
title: "2005 Omnibus Labor Law Changes.-AB"
description: "2005 Omnibus Labor Law Changes.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 768"
citation: "North Carolina HB 768 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNCIL OF STATE", "EMPLOYMENT", "FINES & PENALTIES", "INSPECTIONS", "LABOR DEPT.", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "WORK SAFETY", "REP. HOWARD", "CHAPTERED", "LABOR COMMISSIONER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-16"
last_action: "2005-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0febeb9-1c8f-4f9a-82a1-26da34e62951"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H768&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3ab55f12e03b3cda7346829e1314a0313d6b23c75662ec77c6f93f8bfc02276f"
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 768 (2005) — 2005 Omnibus Labor Law Changes.-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/H768v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H768v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H768v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H768v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H768v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H768v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H768v6.pdf)
8. **SL2005-453** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H768v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Amendment 2 — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-29** Ch. SL 2005-453 `became-law`
- **2005-09-29** Signed By Gov. 9/29/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-24** Pres. To Gov. 8/24/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-24** Ratified
- **2005-08-23** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-23** Placed On Cal For 8/23/2005
- **2005-08-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-23** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-08-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-23** Amend Adopted # 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-23** Amendment Withdrawn # 1 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2005-08-23** Amend Recon # 1
- **2005-08-23** Recon 3rd & 2nd Readings
- **2005-08-23** Recalled From Engrossing
- **2005-08-12** Engrossed
- **2005-08-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-12** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-08-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-24** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-24** Rec From House
- **2005-05-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-19** Placed On Cal For 5/23/2005
- **2005-05-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-09** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-17** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `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/b0febeb9-1c8f-4f9a-82a1-26da34e62951`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).