---
type: "Bill"
title: "Break Into Place of Worship."
description: "Break Into Place of Worship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 972"
citation: "North Carolina SB 972 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDINGS", "CRIMES", "FISCAL NOTES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RELIGION", "SEN. ALBERTSON", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. SMITH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-23"
last_action: "2005-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9ee2cb4-d124-4e9b-8121-14c2c77bfab9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S972&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d255962c3d8291792e5842c2a0f355aa8d2ef1c6df019a6f1ecaf296856e898c"
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 972 (2005) — Break Into Place of Worship.

## 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/S972v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S972v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S972v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S972v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-235** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S972v4.pdf)

## Votes

- A1 Michaux\Third Reading — **103–7** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Holloman — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Jacumin — cosponsor (person)
- Presnell — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-07-29** Ch. SL 2005-235 `became-law`
- **2005-07-29** Signed By Gov. 7/29/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-25** Pres. To Gov. 7/22/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-21** Ratified
- **2005-07-20** Concurred In H Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2005-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/20/2005
- **2005-07-19** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2005-07-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-07-18** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-07-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **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`
- **2005-05-05** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-05** Rec From Senate
- **2005-05-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-04-27** Placed On Cal For 5/2/2005
- **2005-04-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-04-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9ee2cb4-d124-4e9b-8121-14c2c77bfab9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).