---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gen. Contractors/Extend License Validity."
description: "Gen. Contractors/Extend License Validity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HJR 1870"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 1870 (2005)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CONSTRUCTION", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GENERAL CONTRACTORS BOARD", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GOFORTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-05-10"
last_action: "2006-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed162ac9-2f9b-4299-b043-742111226821"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1870&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1e07593c71c58f2e620b0610a975791714931433b0a7ad16df3c2ccf778e8f32"
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 HJR 1870 (2005) — Gen. Contractors/Extend License Validity.

## 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/H1870v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1870v1.pdf)
3. **Res 2006-5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1870v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goforth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-06-15** Ch. Res 2006-5 `became-law`
- **2006-06-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-05** Rec From House
- **2006-06-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-05-31** Placed On Cal For 6/1/2006
- **2006-05-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-05-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-05-11** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2006-05-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed162ac9-2f9b-4299-b043-742111226821`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).