republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2005/hb-779.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	Increase the Penalty for Truancy.	Increase the Penalty for Truancy.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2005	HB 779	North Carolina HB 779 (2005)	bill	CRIMES EDUCATION FINES & PENALTIES FISCAL NOTES MINORS PRESENTED PUBLIC RATIFIED SECONDARY EDUCATION STUDENTS TITLE CHANGE CHAPTERED REP. FISHER	enacted		5	17	2	2005-03-16	2005-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/a30d5b21-0b9d-404a-b19a-8432dad189a4	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H779&votesToView=all	a04b573d563a52cf07fc0bcf1196486a9e864ad7108413b5519cef0baba017a1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina HB 779 (2005) — Increase the Penalty for Truancy.

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. Edition 2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
5. SL2005-318 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Second Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Second Reading — 108–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carney — cosponsor (person)
• Church — cosponsor (person)
• Dollar — cosponsor (person)
• Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
• Fisher — cosponsor (person)
• Insko — cosponsor (person)
• Ross — cosponsor (person)
• Walend — cosponsor (person)
• Weiss — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-08-25 Ch. SL 2005-318 became-law
• 2005-08-25 Signed By Gov. 8/25/2005 executive-signature
• 2005-08-18 Pres. To Gov. 8/17/2005 executive-receipt
• 2005-08-16 Ratified
• 2005-08-12 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2005-08-12 Placed On Cal For 8/12/2005
• 2005-08-12 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2005-05-19 Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education referral-committee
• 2005-05-19 Rec From House
• 2005-05-18 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2005-05-17 Placed On Cal For 5/18/2005
• 2005-05-12 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2005-05-12 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2005-05-03 Re-ref Com On Judiciary II referral-committee
• 2005-05-03 Withdrawn From Comm
• 2005-03-17 Ref To Com On Education referral-committee
• 2005-03-16 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a30d5b21-0b9d-404a-b19a-8432dad189a4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).