---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Bus Safety Act."
description: "School Bus Safety Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1400"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1400 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSES", "EDUCATION", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "FISCAL NOTES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "TRANSPORTATION", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FOLWELL", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-04-20"
last_action: "2005-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49bb4783-8a09-4fed-95da-85f7bf6dae92"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1400&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d0b276f202c07dea61760f3072939a639b7fc5602c20e25d7e86ded6058537a8"
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 1400 (2005) — School Bus Safety Act.

## 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/H1400v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1400v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1400v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1400v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1400v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1400v5.pdf)
7. **SL2005-204** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1400v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Almond — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Capps — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Current — cosponsor (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Holliman — cosponsor (person)
- Holloway — cosponsor (person)
- Langdon — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Walend — cosponsor (person)
- Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-07-21** Ch. SL 2005-204 `became-law`
- **2005-07-21** Signed By Gov. 7/21/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-12** Pres. To Gov. 7/12/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-11** Ratified
- **2005-07-07** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-07-06** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2005
- **2005-06-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-06-30** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-06-29** Engrossed
- **2005-06-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-29** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-06-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-23** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-23** Rec From House
- **2005-05-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-18** Placed On Cal For 5/19/2005
- **2005-05-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49bb4783-8a09-4fed-95da-85f7bf6dae92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).