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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prohibit Restricting Newspaper Distribution."
+description: "Prohibit Restricting Newspaper Distribution."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2007"
+identifier: "SB 942"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 942 (2007)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ADVERTISING", "COMMUNICATIONS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEDIA", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SIGNS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "SEN. DALTON", "CHAPTERED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2007-03-19"
+last_action: "2008-08-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/403a5c22-de0a-421a-8d86-631a1948e90f"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S942&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "503dc970230df2a4fe864b13de289a753bd615a1554b988946eaf255201f1051"
+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 SB 942 (2007) — Prohibit Restricting Newspaper Distribution.
+
+## 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/Senate/PDF/S942v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S942v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S942v2.pdf)
+4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S942v3.pdf)
+5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S942v4.pdf)
+6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S942v5.pdf)
+7. **SL2008-223** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S942v6.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **85–27** (pass) · lower
+- Motion 8\To Concur — **42–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
+- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2008-08-17** Ch. SL 2008-223 `became-law`
+- **2008-08-17** Signed By Gov. 8/17/2008 `executive-signature`
+- **2008-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/16/2008 `executive-receipt`
+- **2008-07-16** Ratified
+- **2008-07-15** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2008-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2008
+- **2008-07-14** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2008-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2008
+- **2008-07-10** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
+- **2008-07-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2008-07-10** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
+- **2008-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2008
+- **2008-07-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2008-07-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2007-05-23** Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
+- **2007-05-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2007-05-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2007-05-17** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2007-05-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2007-03-20** Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
+- **2007-03-19** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/403a5c22-de0a-421a-8d86-631a1948e90f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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