---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify State Government Ethics Act."
description: "Clarify State Government Ethics Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1111"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1111 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "CORPORATIONS", "NON-PROFIT", "ETHICS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "LOBBYING", "POLITICAL ACTIVITY", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC MEETINGS", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. HOWARD", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ROSS", "ETHICS COMN.", "ETHICS COMM", "LEGISLATIVE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-27"
last_action: "2007-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e417d3a6-d109-40c1-8b1b-10a1e51451b6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1111&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4faf7b0cf6606afd6f03ff78e4d84835dd8e5ca48e5bcbc3a24514af3cf6c88e"
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 1111 (2007) — Clarify State Government Ethics Act.

## 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/H1111v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1111v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1111v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1111v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1111v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1111v5.pdf)
7. **SL2007-348** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1111v6.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- C Rpt Adopt\M3 Previous\Question — **75–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-09** Ch. SL 2007-348 `became-law`
- **2007-08-09** Signed By Gov. 8/9/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/3/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-02** Ratified
- **2007-08-02** Conf Report Adopted
- **2007-08-02** Placed On Cal For 8/2/2007
- **2007-08-02** Conf Com Reported
- **2007-08-02** Conf Report Adopted
- **2007-08-02** Placed On Cal For 8/2/2007
- **2007-08-02** Conf Com Reported
- **2007-08-01** Conf Com Appointed
- **2007-08-01** Conf Com Appointed
- **2007-08-01** Failed concur in S/Com Sub
- **2007-08-01** Placed On Cal For 8/1/2007
- **2007-08-01** Reptd Unfav For Conc `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2007-08-01** Re-ref Com On Ethics `referral-committee`
- **2007-08-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2007-07-31** Placed On Cal For 8/1/2007
- **2007-07-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-31** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-07-31** Engrossed
- **2007-07-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-31** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-31** Amendment Withdrawn 1 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2007-07-31** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2007
- **2007-07-31** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-07-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-22** Ref To Com On Select Committee on Government and Election Reform `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-22** Rec From House
- **2007-05-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-17** Placed On Cal For 5/21/2007
- **2007-05-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-28** Ref To Com On Ethics `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e417d3a6-d109-40c1-8b1b-10a1e51451b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).