---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concealing a Death/Crim. Offense."
description: "Concealing a Death/Crim. Offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 926"
citation: "North Carolina HB 926 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "DEATH & DYING", "FISCAL NOTES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. PRESTON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-24"
last_action: "2005-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8afdce66-845d-4c5c-a5d5-005bd49fb690"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H926&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b166979a9872d46bf5dbdbe083dc1cc5517e811f3965e6d3fdfa8f2e98d4fe53"
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 926 (2005) — Concealing a Death/Crim. Offense.

## 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/H926v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H926v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H926v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H926v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H926v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-288** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H926v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Preston — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-08-22** Ch. SL 2005-288 `became-law`
- **2005-08-22** Signed By Gov. 8/22/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-15** Pres. To Gov. 8/12/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-11** Ratified
- **2005-08-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-13** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-13** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-05-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-19** Rec From House
- **2005-05-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-05-17** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-05-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-16** Placed On Cal For 5/17/2005
- **2005-05-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-28** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `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/8afdce66-845d-4c5c-a5d5-005bd49fb690`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).