---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transfer Textile Center to Gaston College."
description: "Transfer Textile Center to Gaston College."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 988"
citation: "North Carolina SB 988 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TEXTILES", "SEN. HOYLE", "GASTON COUNTY", "CATAWBA COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-23"
last_action: "2005-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e9a2653-bf75-433a-9e29-2922ea898d15"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S988&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "48151968941e5f764966fa664d192186fbd37112ba3fec9d1e018084e630a1ca"
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 988 (2005) — Transfer Textile Center to Gaston College.

## 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/S988v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S988v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S988v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S988v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-103** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S988v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-06-21** Ch. SL 2005-103 `became-law`
- **2005-06-21** Signed By Gov. 6/21/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-14** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-13** Ratified
- **2005-06-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-08** Placed On Cal For 6/9/2005
- **2005-06-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-06-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-26** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-26** Rec From Senate
- **2005-04-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-04-19** Placed On Cal For 4/21/2005
- **2005-04-19** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-04-13** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-04-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-24** Ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `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/0e9a2653-bf75-433a-9e29-2922ea898d15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).