---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase the Penalty for Truancy."
description: "Increase the Penalty for Truancy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 779"
citation: "North Carolina HB 779 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "EDUCATION", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STUDENTS", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FISHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-16"
last_action: "2005-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a30d5b21-0b9d-404a-b19a-8432dad189a4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H779&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a04b573d563a52cf07fc0bcf1196486a9e864ad7108413b5519cef0baba017a1"
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 779 (2005) — Increase the Penalty for Truancy.

## 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/H779v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H779v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H779v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H779v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-318** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H779v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **108–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Church — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Walend — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-08-25** Ch. SL 2005-318 `became-law`
- **2005-08-25** Signed By Gov. 8/25/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-18** Pres. To Gov. 8/17/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-16** Ratified
- **2005-08-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-12** Placed On Cal For 8/12/2005
- **2005-08-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-19** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-19** Rec From House
- **2005-05-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-17** Placed On Cal For 5/18/2005
- **2005-05-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-03** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-03** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-03-17** Ref To Com On Education `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/a30d5b21-0b9d-404a-b19a-8432dad189a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).