---
type: "Bill"
title: "Div. of Forest Res./Emergency Response-AB."
description: "Div. of Forest Res./Emergency Response-AB."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 395"
citation: "North Carolina HB 395 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DENR", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "ENVIRONMENT", "FORESTRY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. CULPEPPER", "CHAPTERED", "REP. WILLIAMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-24"
last_action: "2005-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c848010d-a47d-4235-8f76-e744ecaff1da"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H395&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "82609674553ff981ea148a5bb2d8c788637eb5f644b80d1383ea31e301c7bc01"
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 395 (2005) — Div. of Forest Res./Emergency Response-AB.

## 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/H395v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H395v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H395v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H395v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-128** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H395v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Williams — primary (person)
- Church — cosponsor (person)
- Culp — cosponsor (person)
- Culpepper — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
- Haire — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Nye — cosponsor (person)
- Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Saunders — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Wright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-06-29** Ch. SL 2005-128 `became-law`
- **2005-06-29** Signed By Gov. 6/29/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/24/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-23** Ratified
- **2005-06-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-19** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-19** Rec From House
- **2005-05-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-17** Placed On Cal For 5/18/2005
- **2005-05-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-02-28** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c848010d-a47d-4235-8f76-e744ecaff1da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).