---
type: "Bill"
title: "Need-Based Nursing Scholarships.-AB"
description: "Need-Based Nursing Scholarships.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 780"
citation: "North Carolina HB 780 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "NURSING", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PRIVATE SCHOOLS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TUITION", "UNC", "REP. YONGUE", "CHAPTERED", "SCHOLARSHIPS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-16"
last_action: "2005-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce683c79-01c9-4bd2-b10c-7be7de3daf5a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H780&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "25d9dec656e09ad4dd5715aa7d6fe8c05f0914ae0dc03775a3f511419bd14822"
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 780 (2005) — Need-Based Nursing Scholarships.-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/H780v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H780v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H780v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H780v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-40** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H780v4.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Yongue — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-05-12** Ch. SL 2005-40 `became-law`
- **2005-05-12** Signed By Gov. 5/12/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-05-10** Pres. To Gov. 5/10/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-05-09** Ratified
- **2005-05-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-18** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-18** Rec From House
- **2005-04-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-04-13** Placed On Cal For 4/14/2005
- **2005-04-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-04-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-24** Assigned To Education Subcommittee on Universities `referral-committee`
- **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/ce683c79-01c9-4bd2-b10c-7be7de3daf5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).