---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Control/Noxious Aquatic Weeds."
description: "County Control/Noxious Aquatic Weeds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1281"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1281 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "LAKES & RIVERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WATER RESOURCES", "PLANTS & TREES", "CHAPTERED", "REP. L. ALLEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ed Jones", "L. Allen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-04-18"
last_action: "2005-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1fcb10b-8e5c-479b-8b7e-9b473f9ac8de"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1281&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "dda5078b47532bab635d61eb046948c676e7a790504ef80fbc8ba2ba4e27bf4d"
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 HB 1281 (2005) — County Control/Noxious Aquatic Weeds.

## 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/House/PDF/H1281v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1281v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1281v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1281v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1281v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-440** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1281v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **45–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ed Jones — primary (person)
- L. Allen — primary (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-27** Ch. SL 2005-440 `became-law`
- **2005-09-27** Signed By Gov. 9/27/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-23** Pres. To Gov. 8/23/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-23** Ratified
- **2005-08-22** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-18** Placed On Cal For 8/22/2005
- **2005-08-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-15** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-08-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-08-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-08-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-29** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-06-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-01** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-01** Rec From House
- **2005-05-31** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-05-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-25** Postponed To 5/26/2005
- **2005-05-24** Placed On Cal For 5/25/2005
- **2005-05-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-05** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-19** Ref To Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1fcb10b-8e5c-479b-8b7e-9b473f9ac8de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).