---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cell Phone Use by Drivers Under 18 Prohibited."
description: "Cell Phone Use by Drivers Under 18 Prohibited."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 1289"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1289 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURT CLERKS", "COURTS", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MINORS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELEPHONE", "TRANSPORTATION", "SEN. BINGHAM", "SEN. PURCELL", "CHAPTERED", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-05-10"
last_action: "2006-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f99890a-8d92-4687-b409-84c48c2629f5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S1289&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7a5612da264f2ea5e01db55d1ec32cd35871c62dd7ead5ade19f91dfbf13d8b0"
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 SB 1289 (2005) — Cell Phone Use by Drivers Under 18 Prohibited.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1289v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1289v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1289v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1289v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1289v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1289v5.pdf)
7. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1289v6.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1289v7.pdf)
9. **SL2006-177** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1289v8.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **41–6** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **89–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-08-01** Ch. SL 2006-177 `became-law`
- **2006-08-01** Signed By Gov. 8/1/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-18** Ratified
- **2006-07-17** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2006
- **2006-07-13** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2006-07-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-07-12** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-06** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2006
- **2006-07-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-30** Re-ref Com On Judiciary IV `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-30** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2006-06-29** Placed On Cal For 6/30/2006
- **2006-06-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-06-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-26** Re-ref Com On Judiciary IV `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-26** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2006-06-13** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-13** Rec From Senate
- **2006-06-08** Engrossed
- **2006-06-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2006-06-08** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2006-06-08** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2006-06-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-06-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2006-06-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-05-11** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2006-05-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f99890a-8d92-4687-b409-84c48c2629f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).