---
type: "Bill"
title: "Honor Hugh Morton."
description: "Honor Hugh Morton."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HJR 2890"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 2890 (2005)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["AWARDS", "HONORS & MEMORIALS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "REP. HAIRE", "REP. MCCOMAS", "REP. SHERRILL", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FRYE", "MORTON", "HUGH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frye", "McComas", "Sherrill"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-06-21"
last_action: "2006-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/471a44a6-4167-4bdd-9cc0-5b2f52853a74"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H2890&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3343761c06e2e319b01305ea742eef5f995aecfefdd753a43de1be47fc3fc851"
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 2890 (2005) — Honor Hugh Morton.

## 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/H2890v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2890v1.pdf)
3. **Res 2006-15** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2890v2.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Frye — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Sherrill — primary (person)
- Haire — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-06-29** Ch. Res 2006-15 `became-law`
- **2006-06-29** Ratified
- **2006-06-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2006
- **2006-06-28** Rec From House
- **2006-06-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-27** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2006
- **2006-06-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-22** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/471a44a6-4167-4bdd-9cc0-5b2f52853a74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).