---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agent/Bail Bonds Applicant Petition Deadline."
description: "Agent/Bail Bonds Applicant Petition Deadline."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 707"
citation: "North Carolina SB 707 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BAIL", "COURTS", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SURETY & FIDELITY", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. P. BERGER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-17"
last_action: "2005-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1833c1fb-4551-44bb-ae95-7320805559b7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S707&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2adcd7cf0f1955cca8b5983eff9cb6527f10ca7c169e614204e79b44bbb51ca1"
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 707 (2005) — Agent/Bail Bonds Applicant Petition Deadline.

## 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/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S707v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S707v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S707v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S707v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S707v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-240** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S707v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berger of Rockingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-07-29** Ch. SL 2005-240 `became-law`
- **2005-07-29** Signed By Gov. 7/29/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-21** Pres. To Gov. 7/21/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-20** Ratified
- **2005-07-19** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2005
- **2005-07-18** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2005-07-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2005
- **2005-07-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-07-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-12** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-12** Rec From Senate
- **2005-04-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-04-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-04-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1833c1fb-4551-44bb-ae95-7320805559b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).