republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2005/hb-508.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Allow Name Change Where Divorce Granted.	Allow Name Change Where Divorce Granted.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2005	HB 508	North Carolina HB 508 (2005)	bill	COUNTIES DIVORCE MARRIAGE & FAMILY PRESENTED PUBLIC RATIFIED REP. HAIRE CHAPTERED	enacted		4	16	2	2005-03-03	2005-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/ffcb1e39-fe28-4571-b266-a066205a3406	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H508&votesToView=all	f136880e6f5a517541ee87e806af06e11c3f1f40a94b2f55a6fc51fbc3508a81	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina HB 508 (2005) — Allow Name Change Where Divorce Granted.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. Edition 1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
4. SL2005-38 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Second Reading — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Haire — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-05-12 Ch. SL 2005-38 became-law
• 2005-05-12 Signed By Gov. 5/12/2005 executive-signature
• 2005-05-05 Pres. To Gov. 5/5/2005 executive-receipt
• 2005-05-04 Ratified
• 2005-05-03 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2005-05-02 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2005-04-28 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2005-03-21 Ref To Com On Judiciary II referral-committee
• 2005-03-21 Rec From House
• 2005-03-17 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2005-03-16 Postponed To 3/17/2005
• 2005-03-15 Placed On Cal For 3/16/2005
• 2005-03-15 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2005-03-15 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2005-03-07 Ref To Com On Judiciary III referral-committee
• 2005-03-03 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ffcb1e39-fe28-4571-b266-a066205a3406. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).