---
type: "Bill"
title: "NC Lien Law Revised."
description: "NC Lien Law Revised."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 887"
citation: "North Carolina SB 887 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "LIENS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "SEN. HARTSELL", "SEN. HOYLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-22"
last_action: "2005-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5c9abcc-9e22-45f2-8a34-fe6436ce7bd5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S887&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "34b8a5c326e4866ec757a51d47bcda15f1fb66033e6f7556a9a00538647433ae"
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 887 (2005) — NC Lien Law Revised.

## 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/S887v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S887v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S887v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S887v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-229** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S887v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-07-27** Ch. SL 2005-229 `became-law`
- **2005-07-27** Signed By Gov. 7/27/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-18** Ratified
- **2005-07-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2005
- **2005-07-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-07-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-24** Rec From Senate
- **2005-05-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-17** Placed On Cal For 5/19/2005
- **2005-05-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-05-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-05-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-23** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5c9abcc-9e22-45f2-8a34-fe6436ce7bd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).