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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Change Penalty for Hit and Run Violations."
+description: "Change Penalty for Hit and Run Violations."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2007"
+identifier: "SB 944"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 944 (2007)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIMES", "DMV", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "SEN. DALTON", "CHAPTERED", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2007-03-19"
+last_action: "2008-07-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce710785-5257-4f7c-a6ff-74ce2c5a146c"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S944&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "da4bc7e91a65e8558ab2070e4b64fafd2ef77bb2c1e92770af8e0ea07108f536"
+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 944 (2007) — Change Penalty for Hit and Run Violations.
+
+## 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/S944v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S944v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S944v2.pdf)
+4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S944v3.pdf)
+5. **SL2008-128** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S944v4.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
+- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2008-07-28** Ch. SL 2008-128 `became-law`
+- **2008-07-28** Signed By Gov. 7/28/2008 `executive-signature`
+- **2008-07-15** Pres. To Gov. 7/14/2008 `executive-receipt`
+- **2008-07-14** Ratified
+- **2008-07-10** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2008-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2008
+- **2008-07-09** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
+- **2008-07-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2008-07-07** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2008
+- **2008-07-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2008-07-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2007-08-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
+- **2007-08-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2007-08-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2007-07-31** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2007
+- **2007-07-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2007-05-01** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
+- **2007-05-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2007-03-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `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/ce710785-5257-4f7c-a6ff-74ce2c5a146c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+