---
type: "Bill"
title: "NC State Bar Changes/Fees."
description: "NC State Bar Changes/Fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 327"
citation: "North Carolina SB 327 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "COMMISSIONS", "DISCIPLINARY HEARING COMN.", "ETHICS", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STATE BAR", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-02"
last_action: "2005-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65af7d17-b286-4b10-a9e3-438477703dd5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S327&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "718448d2d28ddd5ed343e35fac4a1d6bdd8271987b8ac6f912b86b7b014711ee"
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 327 (2005) — NC State Bar Changes/Fees.

## 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/S327v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S327v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S327v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S327v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S327v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-396** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S327v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **90–21** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **95–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Boseman — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-14** Ch. SL 2005-396 `became-law`
- **2005-09-14** Signed By Gov. 9/14/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-23** Pres. To Gov. 8/23/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-23** Ratified
- **2005-08-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-08-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-08-10** Placed On Cal For 8/11/2005
- **2005-08-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-07-14** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-07-14** Rec From Senate
- **2005-07-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-07-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-07-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-07-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-14** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-03** Ref to Judiciary I. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65af7d17-b286-4b10-a9e3-438477703dd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).