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type: "Bill"
title: "Restrict Use of Blue and Red Vehicle Lights."
description: "Restrict Use of Blue and Red Vehicle Lights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 355"
citation: "North Carolina HB 355 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "FISCAL NOTES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MCGEE", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGee"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-22"
last_action: "2005-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fc8637e-ee44-4744-acc0-b0a01daed295"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H355&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c3ddfd2c9a30ff782050e4cf46f07c05194b94e4ff2d3f9b30237a26ecfb16cf"
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 HB 355 (2005) — Restrict Use of Blue and Red Vehicle Lights.
## 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/H355v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H355v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H355v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H355v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-152** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H355v4.pdf)
## Votes
- Second Reading — **460** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **1030** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- McGee — primary (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwood — cosponsor (person)
- Bordsen — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Capps — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Culp — cosponsor (person)
- Daughtridge — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Haire — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Hollo — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Justice — cosponsor (person)
- L. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Nye — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Preston — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Sauls — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Sherrill — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Steen — cosponsor (person)
- Sutton — cosponsor (person)
- Vinson — cosponsor (person)
- Walend — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2005-07-05** Ch. SL 2005-152 `became-law`
- **2005-07-05** Signed By Gov. 7/5/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-28** Ratified
- **2005-06-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-18** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-18** Rec From House
- **2005-04-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-04-13** Placed On Cal For 4/14/2005
- **2005-04-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-04-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-02-23** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-22** Filed `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fc8637e-ee44-4744-acc0-b0a01daed295`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).