---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electoral Fairness Act."
description: "Electoral Fairness Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 88"
citation: "North Carolina HB 88 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "FISCAL NOTES", "POLITICAL ACTIVITY", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. MILLER", "NATIONAL ELECTIONS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-03"
last_action: "2006-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c071f242-b9bc-4d90-bfe4-992e0cd522b2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H88&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "dff3e317cd1d2596b1dbe965f3fec1e1d74e7f49be4f4f650a1340cd04395aea"
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 88 (2005) — Electoral Fairness Act.

## 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/H88v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H88v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H88v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H88v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H88v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H88v5.pdf)
7. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H88v6.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H88v7.pdf)
9. **SL2006-234** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H88v8.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **93–20** (pass) · lower
- Amendment 2 — **21–25** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Rayfield — cosponsor (person)
- Stam — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-08-13** Ch. SL 2006-234 `became-law`
- **2006-08-13** Signed By Gov. 8/13/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-27** Pres. To Gov. 7/27/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-26** Ratified
- **2006-07-25** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-24** Placed On Cal For 7/25/2006
- **2006-07-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-24** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2006-07-20** Engrossed
- **2006-07-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-07-20** Amend Failed #2 `amendment-failure`
- **2006-07-20** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/20/2006
- **2006-07-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2006-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2006
- **2006-07-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2006-07-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-08-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-08-24** Rec From House
- **2005-08-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-08-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-08-23** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-23** Placed On Cal For 8/23/2005
- **2005-08-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-28** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-03-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-02-07** Ref To Com On Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c071f242-b9bc-4d90-bfe4-992e0cd522b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).