---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rev. Sherley Edwards."
description: "Rev. Sherley Edwards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HJR 578"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 578 (2005)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["AWARDS", "HONORS & MEMORIALS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "REP. HUNTER", "REP. WRAY", "EDWARDS", "SHERLEY W."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-09"
last_action: "2005-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f38c0661-6824-4709-8b33-e65d85f3fc34"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H578&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5bb17870a0142346b6cba31871ab90c670f4ad948ad4383ba95cf137b6609a0f"
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 578 (2005) — Rev. Sherley Edwards.

## 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/H578v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H578v1.pdf)
3. **Res 2005-37** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H578v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wray — primary (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-06-28** Ch. Res 2005-37 `became-law`
- **2005-06-28** Ratified
- **2005-06-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2005
- **2005-06-28** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-03-29** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-29** Rec From House
- **2005-03-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-03-28** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2005-03-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-03-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-10** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f38c0661-6824-4709-8b33-e65d85f3fc34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).