---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enhance Passenger Tramway Safety Act.-AB"
description: "Enhance Passenger Tramway Safety Act.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 766"
citation: "North Carolina HB 766 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "INSPECTIONS", "LABOR DEPT.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECREATION & LEISURE", "SAFETY", "SPORTS", "REP. HOWARD", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-16"
last_action: "2005-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16779c26-759f-4da0-a5ea-ddaad8445639"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H766&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ee8d1631ff2324a15b93d361f8cf893c932a974bc785edde5ac7e4e14cbf4f9f"
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 766 (2005) — Enhance Passenger Tramway Safety Act.-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/H766v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H766v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H766v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H766v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-347** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H766v4.pdf)

## Votes

- R3 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- R2 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-07** Ch. SL 2005-347 `became-law`
- **2005-09-07** Signed By Gov. 9/7/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-24** Pres. To Gov. 8/24/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-23** Ratified
- **2005-08-23** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2005-08-22** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2005-08-15** Placed On Cal For 8/16/2005
- **2005-08-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-11** Com Sub Ruled Material
- **2005-08-11** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-08-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-08-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-25** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-25** Rec From House
- **2005-04-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-04-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-19** Placed On Cal For 4/20/2005
- **2005-04-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-04-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-17** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16779c26-759f-4da0-a5ea-ddaad8445639`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).