---
type: "Bill"
title: "Invite Governor."
description: "Invite Governor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SJR 71"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 71 (2005)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["AWARDS", "HONORS & MEMORIALS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-07"
last_action: "2005-02-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/856109e2-977e-49f8-968d-74f83bc2f24c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S71&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "400ac69d15b50ae0de6f91c278d97edda1a635ef4f284d3376947d3533e5c8e9"
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 SJR 71 (2005) — Invite Governor.

## 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/S71v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S71v1.pdf)
3. **Res 2005-6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S71v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **103–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-17** Ch. Res 2005-6 `became-law`
- **2005-02-17** Ratified
- **2005-02-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-02-16** Placed On Cal For 2/17/2005
- **2005-02-16** Rec From Senate
- **2005-02-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-02-16** Placed On Cal For 2/16/2005
- **2005-02-16** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-02-08** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/856109e2-977e-49f8-968d-74f83bc2f24c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).