---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Exploitation Prevention Act."
description: "Child Exploitation Prevention Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 472"
citation: "North Carolina SB 472 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD ABUSE", "CRIMES", "FISCAL NOTES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEX OFFENSES", "TELESERVICES", "SEN. THOMAS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-09"
last_action: "2005-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc4afe43-9538-4074-91c6-483ba7dcb565"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S472&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "74eed5c4c24d7a814fc719640bcaeffb9104803cb7c9080d81baac5fee051cf1"
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 472 (2005) — Child Exploitation Prevention Act.

## 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/S472v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S472v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S472v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S472v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S472v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-121** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S472v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Boseman — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Goodall — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-06-29** Ch. SL 2005-121 `became-law`
- **2005-06-29** Signed By Gov. 6/29/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-23** Pres. To Gov. 6/23/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-22** Ratified
- **2005-06-21** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/21/2005
- **2005-06-15** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-06-13** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-13** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2005-06-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-06** Placed On Cal For 6/7/2005
- **2005-05-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-03** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-03** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-04-11** Ref To Com On Judiciary IV `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-11** Rec From Senate
- **2005-04-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-04-05** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-03-30** Placed On Cal For 4/5/2005
- **2005-03-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-03-30** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-03-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-10** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc4afe43-9538-4074-91c6-483ba7dcb565`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).