---
type: "Bill"
title: "Assault Handicapped/Increase Penalty."
description: "Assault Handicapped/Increase Penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 488"
citation: "North Carolina SB 488 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGING", "CRIMES", "DISABLED PERSONS", "FISCAL NOTES", "GUARDIANSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "THEFT", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. DANNELLY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-10"
last_action: "2006-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56a556c1-3a03-45c8-8aaf-1fefafaf9110"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S488&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2141d7d8316b6d362483bd08f669e07a33d84919960216f3253fedb0c7d12c1c"
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 488 (2005) — Assault Handicapped/Increase Penalty.

## 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/S488v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S488v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S488v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S488v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S488v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S488v5.pdf)
7. **SL2006-179** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S488v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Goodall — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Pittenger — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-08-01** Ch. SL 2006-179 `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`
- **2006-07-06** 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`
- **2005-05-16** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-05-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-27** Ref To Com On Aging `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-27** Rec From Senate
- **2005-04-25** Engrossed
- **2005-04-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-04-25** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-04-25** Placed On Cal For 4/25/2005
- **2005-04-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-04-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-04-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-15** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56a556c1-3a03-45c8-8aaf-1fefafaf9110`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).