---
type: "Bill"
title: "Identity Theft."
description: "Identity Theft."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HJR 2038"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 2038 (2005)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "FINGERPRINTING", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "ID SYSTEMS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FOLWELL", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES", "REP. ED JONES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Folwell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-05-16"
last_action: "2006-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fff9f98-7cae-456f-8c76-69d340d798f1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H2038&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b4dd5ee94f4a4af21410a2b9a30e937fd9f569d097761e8cf99a2d212736c23d"
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 2038 (2005) — Identity Theft.

## 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/H2038v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2038v1.pdf)
3. **Res 2006-7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2038v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Folwell — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwood — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-06-15** Ch. Res 2006-7 `became-law`
- **2006-06-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-07** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-07** Rec From House
- **2006-06-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-01** Placed On Cal For 6/5/2006
- **2006-05-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-05-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-05-17** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2006-05-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fff9f98-7cae-456f-8c76-69d340d798f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).