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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Roper Elections."
+description: "Roper Elections."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2007"
+identifier: "HB 472"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 472 (2007)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CHARTERS", "COUNTIES", "ELECTIONS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "WASHINGTON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. SPEAR", "ROPER"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2007-03-01"
+last_action: "2008-07-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6863dfc9-51b6-485b-af90-9b6aeb2cd1d0"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H472&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "6e8ce4b5002d38183c85cc4d9b699b676e6bcda27df9724ab3a250fdd0c7b3bb"
+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 472 (2007) — Roper Elections.
+
+## 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H472v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H472v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H472v2.pdf)
+4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H472v3.pdf)
+5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H472v4.pdf)
+6. **SL2008-104** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H472v5.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Spear — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2008-07-16** Ch. SL 2008-104 `became-law`
+- **2008-07-16** Ratified
+- **2008-07-15** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2008-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2008
+- **2008-07-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2008-07-14** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
+- **2008-07-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2008-07-10** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2008-07-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2007-05-23** Ref To Com On State & Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2007-05-23** Rec From House
+- **2007-05-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2007-05-21** Placed On Cal For 5/22/2007
+- **2007-05-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2007-05-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2007-04-10** Re-ref Com On Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform `referral-committee`
+- **2007-04-10** Withdrawn From Comm
+- **2007-03-05** Ref to the Com on Local Government I and, if favorable, to the Com on Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform `referral-committee`
+- **2007-03-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2007-03-01** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6863dfc9-51b6-485b-af90-9b6aeb2cd1d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+