---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Substance Abuse Laws."
description: "Amend Substance Abuse Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 705"
citation: "North Carolina SB 705 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "FOOD SERVICES", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HEALTH SERVICES COMN.", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "TOBACCO", "RECORDS", "SUBSTANCE ABUSE", "SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROFESSIONALS BD", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. NESBITT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-17"
last_action: "2005-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/804b71b8-a148-49b5-9ea2-3fcbfcd46ea6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S705&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a06c37c4b3db00fdc55f56154f46a3eb9c9a5a175f7012eba74872b8fcd11daa"
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 705 (2005) — Amend Substance Abuse Laws.

## 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/S705v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S705v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S705v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S705v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S705v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S705v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S705v6.pdf)
8. **SL2005-431** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S705v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-22** Ch. SL 2005-431 `became-law`
- **2005-09-22** Signed By Gov. 9/22/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-24** Pres. To Gov. 8/24/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-23** Ratified
- **2005-08-23** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-22** Placed On Cal For 8/23/2005
- **2005-08-22** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2005-08-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-08-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-08-11** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2005-08-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-08-09** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-08-09** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-08-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-07-25** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-07-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-07-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-07-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-07-05** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-07-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-09** Ref to the Com on Health and, if favorable, to the Com on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-09** Rec From Senate
- **2005-06-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-01** Placed On Cal For 6/7/2005
- **2005-06-01** Com Amend Adpt & Engross #1
- **2005-06-01** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-17** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-05-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-05-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-27** Re-ref Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-27** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-03-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/804b71b8-a148-49b5-9ea2-3fcbfcd46ea6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).