---
type: "Bill"
title: "Procurement Preference/North Carolina Firms."
description: "Procurement Preference/North Carolina Firms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 522"
citation: "North Carolina SB 522 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARCHITECTS", "ARCHITECTURE", "BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "CONTRACTS", "ENGINEERING", "ENGINEERS", "OCCUPATIONS", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "SURVEYING", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "SUNSETS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-10"
last_action: "2006-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03c9879a-8ac0-40bb-aa32-507882a51945"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S522&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "30806770fd5218ebefcbb53bec61afd56bb94706755dee9c220051e14c4b0c75"
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 522 (2005) — Procurement Preference/North Carolina Firms.

## 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/S522v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S522v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S522v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S522v3.pdf)
5. **SL2006-210** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S522v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-08-08** Ch. SL 2006-210 `became-law`
- **2006-08-08** Signed By Gov. 8/8/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-27** Pres. To Gov. 7/27/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-27** Ratified
- **2006-07-26** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-26** Placed On Cal For 7/26/2006
- **2006-07-26** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2006-07-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-07-26** Placed On Cal For 7/26/2006
- **2006-07-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-07-25** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2006-07-25** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2006-06-14** Re-ref Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-14** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-05-16** Ref To Com On Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-16** Rec From Senate
- **2005-05-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-15** Ref To Com On Commerce `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/03c9879a-8ac0-40bb-aa32-507882a51945`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).