---
type: "Bill"
title: "Identify Juvenile Escapees."
description: "Identify Juvenile Escapees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1148"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1148 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "JUVENILE INSTITUTIONS", "JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPT.", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PRISONERS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. JUSTUS", "REP. SUTTON", "CHAPTERED", "REP. SPEAR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Justus", "Spear", "Sutton"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-28"
last_action: "2007-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79d952d8-94fa-4dd4-8908-f5276affcc7b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1148&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7536ad0a3cd9dab7e614f57cf1d5b78ec00629ff622599b498026bc86de39360"
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 1148 (2007) — Identify Juvenile Escapees.

## 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/H1148v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1148v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1148v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1148v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1148v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-458** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1148v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Justus — primary (person)
- Spear — primary (person)
- Sutton — primary (person)
- Clary — cosponsor (person)
- Coates — cosponsor (person)
- E. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Haire — cosponsor (person)
- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kiser — cosponsor (person)
- Love — cosponsor (person)
- McAllister — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Mobley — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- R. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Stam — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Steen — cosponsor (person)
- Stiller — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Walend — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-28** Ch. SL 2007-458 `became-law`
- **2007-08-28** Signed By Gov. 8/28/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-01** Pres. To Gov. 8/1/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-01** Ratified
- **2007-07-31** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-27** Placed On Cal For 7/28/2007
- **2007-07-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-27** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-07-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-07-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-09** Ref To Com On Judiciary I (Civil) `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-09** Rec From House
- **2007-05-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-05-08** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-08** Amend Failed 2, Perfecting Amend 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2007-05-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-02** Placed On Cal For 5/3/2007
- **2007-05-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-29** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79d952d8-94fa-4dd4-8908-f5276affcc7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).