---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Private Protective Services Laws."
description: "Amend Private Protective Services Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 778"
citation: "North Carolina SB 778 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PRIVATE PROTECTIVE SERVICES BD.", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECURITY SERVICES", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. SNOW"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-21"
last_action: "2005-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82fba4b0-8e54-48fe-8d86-89eda36a06d9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S778&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "902ba6a6f2a4f17e06cfdca433f6cdd390827d4dcf343e5baaca32358fafcc5f"
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 778 (2005) — Amend Private Protective Services 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/S778v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S778v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S778v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S778v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S778v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-211** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S778v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Snow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-07-20** Ch. SL 2005-211 `became-law`
- **2005-07-20** Signed By Gov. 7/20/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-12** Pres. To Gov. 7/12/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-11** Ratified
- **2005-07-07** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-07-06** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2005
- **2005-07-06** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-07-05** Placed On Cal For 7/6/2005
- **2005-07-05** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2005-06-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-29** Placed On Cal For 6/30/2005
- **2005-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-21** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-06-20** Placed On Cal For 6/21/2005
- **2005-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-02** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-02** Rec From Senate
- **2005-05-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-26** Placed On Cal For 5/31/2005
- **2005-05-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-05-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-22** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `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/82fba4b0-8e54-48fe-8d86-89eda36a06d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).