---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Budget Act."
description: "State Budget Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 914"
citation: "North Carolina HB 914 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABC COMN.", "ADMINISTRATION DEPT.", "ADVISORY BUDGET COMN.", "BANKING COMN.", "BIDS & BIDDING", "BUDGET & MANAGEMENT OFFICE", "BUDGETING", "COMMISSIONS", "CONTRACTS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "DEFINITIONS", "EDUCATION", "FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS COMN.", "GOVERNOR", "HIGHWAY TRUST FUND", "LICENSE PLATES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "STATE CONTROLLER", "DEBT/STATE GOVERNMENT", "STATE TREASURER", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "UNC", "REP. CRAWFORD", "HIGHWAY FUND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-24"
last_action: "2006-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b53df45-9283-4c82-8652-03695228f14d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H914&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3db0fb93699fdb31d6bb0e24ce154f19f2f12fc90d86852329c05c481498a170"
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 914 (2005) — State Budget 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/H914v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H914v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H914v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H914v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H914v4.pdf)
6. **SL2006-203** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H914v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **102–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crawford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-08-07** Ch. SL 2006-203 `became-law`
- **2006-08-07** Signed By Gov. 8/7/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-20** Pres. To Gov. 7/20/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-20** Ratified
- **2006-07-19** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2006
- **2006-07-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-19** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2006-07-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-07-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2006-07-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-02** Ref To Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-02** Rec From House
- **2005-04-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-04-26** Placed On Cal For 4/27/2005
- **2005-04-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-04-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-28** Ref To Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b53df45-9283-4c82-8652-03695228f14d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).