---
type: "Bill"
title: "UNC/Amend Umstead Act."
description: "UNC/Amend Umstead Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1539"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1539 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "BOARDS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMERCE", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "SALES", "UNC", "UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS", "REP. BRUBAKER", "REP. HAIRE", "REP. YONGUE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. DAUGHTRIDGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brubaker", "Daughtridge", "Haire"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-04-20"
last_action: "2005-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb192648-6e79-4e69-8b29-acd33722ae68"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1539&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0a0af5239d5dab3de70c07575eb5dce8950aeed9e0e62b10997cddc5af0ec825"
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 1539 (2005) — UNC/Amend Umstead 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/H1539v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1539v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1539v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1539v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1539v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1539v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1539v6.pdf)
8. **SL2005-397** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1539v7.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **112–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brubaker — primary (person)
- Daughtridge — primary (person)
- Haire — primary (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- McMahan — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Yongue — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-14** Ch. SL 2005-397 `became-law`
- **2005-09-14** Signed By Gov. 9/14/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-24** Pres. To Gov. 8/24/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-23** Ratified
- **2005-08-23** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-22** Placed On Cal For 8/23/2005
- **2005-08-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-18** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-08-12** Engrossed
- **2005-08-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-12** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-11** Placed On Cal For 8/12/2005
- **2005-08-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-08-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-08-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-06** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-06** Rec From House
- **2005-06-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-06-01** Amend Adopted #3 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-05-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-31** Amend Failed #2 `amendment-failure`
- **2005-05-31** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-05-27** Placed On Cal For 5/31/2005
- **2005-05-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-21** Ref To Com On Commerce `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/fb192648-6e79-4e69-8b29-acd33722ae68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).