---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempt REACT/Charitable Solicitations."
description: "Exempt REACT/Charitable Solicitations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 421"
citation: "North Carolina SB 421 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARITABLE DONATIONS", "CORPORATIONS", "NON-PROFIT", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. JACUMIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-07"
last_action: "2005-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8495bb27-b551-42fb-b8b6-ec6efa069940"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S421&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "adac9f5455bd71d24ea9b7e6b5200dc26dca2922d64a6b935034cf01ab58515b"
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 421 (2005) — Exempt REACT/Charitable Solicitations.

## 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/S421v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S421v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S421v2.pdf)
4. **SL2005-230** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S421v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Rockingham — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Boseman — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- East — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Goodall — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Jacumin — cosponsor (person)
- Pittenger — cosponsor (person)
- Presnell — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-07-28** Ch. SL 2005-230 `became-law`
- **2005-07-28** Signed By Gov. 7/28/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-18** Ratified
- **2005-07-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2005
- **2005-07-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-07-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-20** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-31** Ref To Com On Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-31** Rec From Senate
- **2005-03-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-03-24** Placed On Cal For 3/29/2005
- **2005-03-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-09** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8495bb27-b551-42fb-b8b6-ec6efa069940`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).