---
type: "Bill"
title: "Matthews Public Nuisance Ordinance."
description: "Matthews Public Nuisance Ordinance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 962"
citation: "North Carolina HB 962 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "LIENS", "LOCAL", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "REP. GULLEY", "MECKLENBURG COUNTY", "MATTHEWS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2005-03-28"
last_action: "2005-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40521649-cf62-4430-8da0-dda396113bf3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H962&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "11a17512cf708cc82d30c93ac6db78a98e7bc5c2eae4bdaedbdcc60da2b5f802"
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 962 (2005) — Matthews Public Nuisance Ordinance.

## 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/H962v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H962v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H962v2.pdf)
4. **SL2005-44** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H962v3.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Gulley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-05-16** Ch. SL 2005-44 `became-law`
- **2005-05-16** Ratified
- **2005-05-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-27** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-27** Rec From House
- **2005-04-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-04-25** Placed On Cal For 4/26/2005
- **2005-04-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-04-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-29** Ref To Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40521649-cf62-4430-8da0-dda396113bf3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).