---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unified Government."
description: "Unified Government."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 399"
citation: "North Carolina HB 399 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPAL INCORPORATION", "MUNICIPAL INCORPORATIONS COMN.", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. OWENS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-28"
last_action: "2005-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab43c57c-d8d9-47cb-aa11-c8065edfd859"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H399&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "377365276af74c9dbe329266fb284ec3ebe3254fa1497ff85f97750ac5adcc78"
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 399 (2005) — Unified Government.

## 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/H399v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H399v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H399v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H399v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H399v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-35** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H399v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **114–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Owens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-05-12** Ch. SL 2005-35 `became-law`
- **2005-05-12** Signed By Gov. 5/12/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-05-09** Pres. To Gov. 5/6/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-05-05** Ratified
- **2005-05-04** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-05-03** Placed On Cal For 5/4/2005
- **2005-04-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-04-27** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-04-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-04-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-21** Placed On Cal For 4/21/2005
- **2005-04-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-04-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-14** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-14** Rec From House
- **2005-04-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-04-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-11** Placed On Cal For 4/12/2005
- **2005-04-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-04-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-16** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-16** Cal Pursuant 32(a)
- **2005-03-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-01** Ref to the Com on Local Government I and, if favorable, to the Com on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab43c57c-d8d9-47cb-aa11-c8065edfd859`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).