---
type: "Bill"
title: "Haliwa-Saponi Tribe Name Change."
description: "Haliwa-Saponi Tribe Name Change."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 1857"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1857 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORITIES", "PRESENTED", "RATIFIED", "TRIBAL GOVERNMENT", "SEN. D. BERGER", "NASH COUNTY", "HALIFAX COUNTY", "FRANKLIN COUNTY", "WARREN COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-05-24"
last_action: "2006-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a97ee5c5-63c5-49f5-a421-c25bd3487401"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S1857&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f8d96c3fb5585cdbf69d731d22aa9dc9698723ca41bea069a14466035b68e2dc"
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 1857 (2005) — Haliwa-Saponi Tribe Name Change.

## 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/S1857v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1857v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1857v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1857v3.pdf)
5. **SL2006-111** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1857v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **115–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Holloman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-07-17** Ch. SL 2006-111 `became-law`
- **2006-07-17** Signed By Gov. 7/13/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-07** Pres. To Gov. 7/6/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-06** Ratified
- **2006-07-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/29/2006
- **2006-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-21** Ref To Com On Military, Veterans and Indian Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-21** Rec From Senate
- **2006-06-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2006-06-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-05-25** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2006-05-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a97ee5c5-63c5-49f5-a421-c25bd3487401`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).