---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crime Lab Cost Recovery Fee."
description: "Crime Lab Cost Recovery Fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 890"
citation: "North Carolina HB 890 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIOTECHNOLOGY", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DRUG TESTING", "EVIDENCE", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "GENETICS", "ID SYSTEMS", "LABORATORIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "TESTING", "REP. ALEXANDER", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED", "DNA"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-23"
last_action: "2005-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fe2b53a-bf7e-49f4-b318-0ee7a125fae1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H890&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3b3b8d4bb6b335eddd5dbe23de1bb4722842fa47892dee6d5e5a7e09435e4677"
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 890 (2005) — Crime Lab Cost Recovery Fee.

## 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/H890v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H890v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H890v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H890v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H890v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-363** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H890v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alexander — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-07** Ch. SL 2005-363 `became-law`
- **2005-09-07** Signed By Gov. 9/7/2005 `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
- **2005-08-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-08-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-08-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-08-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-25** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-25** Rec From House
- **2005-05-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-05-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **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`
- **2005-03-24** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fe2b53a-bf7e-49f4-b318-0ee7a125fae1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).