---
type: "Bill"
title: "Honor William Thomas."
description: "Honor William Thomas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SJR 1171"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 1171 (2005)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["AWARDS", "HONORS & MEMORIALS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORITIES", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "TRIBAL GOVERNMENT", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. SNOW", "THOMAS", "WILLIAM HOLLAND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-04-28"
last_action: "2005-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71d072e2-6dc6-424f-8801-5b9ae97ddcef"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S1171&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "652312214048ccc3345094348c97831e12c9747ae28e2b54c925c8dd1131b7c8"
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 SJR 1171 (2005) — Honor William Thomas.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1171v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1171v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1171v2.pdf)
4. **Res 2005-57** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1171v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Snow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-08-24** Ch. Res 2005-57 `became-law`
- **2005-08-24** Ratified
- **2005-08-24** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-24** Placed On Cal For 8/24/2005
- **2005-08-24** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2005-08-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-23** Placed On Cal For 8/23/2005
- **2005-08-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-08-22** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2005-08-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-08-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-18** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-05-03** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-03** Rec From Senate
- **2005-05-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-04-28** Placed On Cal For 5/2/2005
- **2005-04-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71d072e2-6dc6-424f-8801-5b9ae97ddcef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).