---
type: "Bill"
title: "Honor Frank Howe McDuffie, Sr."
description: "Honor Frank Howe McDuffie, Sr."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SJR 1178"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 1178 (2005)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["AWARDS", "HONORS & MEMORIALS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "EDUCATION", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "MINORITIES", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "SPORTS", "SEN. PURCELL", "CHAPTERED", "MCDUFFIE", "FRANK HOWE", "SR.", "MCDUFFIE", "SAMMIE SELLERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-07-25"
last_action: "2005-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9c533de-5e47-45e2-94cc-c75de708828a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S1178&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4a5c34f54e636799786ba8e21b5f02f87753dd69af785cb8422a74fe6f92d2a5"
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 1178 (2005) — Honor Frank Howe McDuffie, Sr.

## 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/S1178v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1178v1.pdf)
3. **Res 2005-43** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1178v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Purcell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-07-28** Ch. Res 2005-43 `became-law`
- **2005-07-28** Ratified
- **2005-07-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-07-27** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2005-07-27** Cal Pursuant 32(a)
- **2005-07-27** Rec From Senate
- **2005-07-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-07-26** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2005
- **2005-07-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9c533de-5e47-45e2-94cc-c75de708828a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).