---
type: "Bill"
title: "NCNGuard–Tuition Assistance Program Changes."
description: "NCNGuard–Tuition Assistance Program Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 725"
citation: "North Carolina SB 725 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TUITION", "UNC", "SEN. THOMAS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-21"
last_action: "2005-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/799731ab-d6d1-45db-bad0-c77b7aefbca6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S725&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1c1dd0d0fdf14c3beff803fa8a15a7775b98adb222028733915c98179b7dfa5d"
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 725 (2005) — NCNGuard–Tuition Assistance Program Changes.

## 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/S725v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S725v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S725v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S725v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-444** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S725v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-28** Ch. SL 2005-444 `became-law`
- **2005-09-28** Signed By Gov. 9/28/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-26** Pres. To Gov. 8/24/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-24** Ratified
- **2005-08-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-24** Placed On Cal For 8/24/2005
- **2005-08-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-08-16** Ref To Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2005-08-16** Rec From Senate
- **2005-08-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-12** Placed On Cal For 8/12/2005
- **2005-08-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-04** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-05-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-22** Ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/799731ab-d6d1-45db-bad0-c77b7aefbca6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).