---
type: "Bill"
title: "Notary Public Public Official Recommendation."
description: "Notary Public Public Official Recommendation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 763"
citation: "North Carolina SB 763 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYMENT", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "NOTARY PUBLIC", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. COWELL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-21"
last_action: "2005-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ef38aa4-fb5c-4f4e-9a9a-944a91f9915f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S763&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "14c50710ca2a028f25c192202375db9589c295c2585ac422259b34ce1d7e8392"
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 763 (2005) — Notary Public Public Official Recommendation.

## 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/S763v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S763v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S763v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S763v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-75** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S763v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **103–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cowell — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-06-07** Ch. SL 2005-75 `became-law`
- **2005-06-07** Signed By Gov. 6/7/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-02** Pres. To Gov. 6/2/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-01** Ratified
- **2005-05-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-24** Postponed To 5/26/2005
- **2005-05-19** Placed On Cal For 5/23/2005
- **2005-05-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-03** Ref To Com On Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-03** Rec From Senate
- **2005-04-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-04-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-04-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-22** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `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/5ef38aa4-fb5c-4f4e-9a9a-944a91f9915f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).