---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courtroom Procedures/Juvenile Proceedings."
description: "Courtroom Procedures/Juvenile Proceedings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1243"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1243 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "JUDGES", "JUVENILE CODE", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. BRYANT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bordsen", "Bryant", "Wainwright"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-28"
last_action: "2007-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ec3d05e-604c-4354-9ca0-cf35aeda3226"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1243&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ec7be79c0d8c18e51f2c49383d882a7f0c440b46eb59ad14db5e614c2501234d"
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 1243 (2007) — Courtroom Procedures/Juvenile Proceedings.

## 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/H1243v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1243v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1243v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1243v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1243v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-100** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1243v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bordsen — primary (person)
- Bryant — primary (person)
- Wainwright — primary (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- McAllister — cosponsor (person)
- Mobley — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- T. Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-20** Ch. SL 2007-100 `became-law`
- **2007-06-20** Signed By Gov. 6/20/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-14** Ratified
- **2007-06-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-21** Rec From House
- **2007-05-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-16** Amend Adopted 1. `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-15** Placed On Cal For 5/16/2007
- **2007-05-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-01** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-29** Ref to the Com on Juvenile Justice and, if favorable, to the Com on Judiciary I `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/9ec3d05e-604c-4354-9ca0-cf35aeda3226`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).