---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drivers License Revocation for ABC Violation."
description: "Drivers License Revocation for ABC Violation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1277"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1277 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "CRIMES", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MINORS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. COLEMAN", "REP. T. HARRELL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Avila", "Coleman", "T. Harrell"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-30"
last_action: "2007-08-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f19d5aca-1e8b-4b09-a3f0-ad3b178dd237"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1277&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a80fa3371cf31f664d2fdc39c13ff480bffdeab1f572522b3a4a37b7fe7c04e4"
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 1277 (2007) — Drivers License Revocation for ABC Violation.

## 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/H1277v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1277v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1277v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1277v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1277v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1277v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1277v6.pdf)
8. **SL2007-537** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1277v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Amendment 1 — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **111–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Avila — primary (person)
- Coleman — primary (person)
- T. Harrell — primary (person)
- Boylan — cosponsor (person)
- Braxton — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- J. Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Tillis — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-31** Ch. SL 2007-537 `became-law`
- **2007-08-31** Signed By Gov. 8/31/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-23** Pres. To Gov. 7/23/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-23** Ratified
- **2007-07-19** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2007
- **2007-07-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-18** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-07-17** Engrossed
- **2007-07-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-17** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-07-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-22** Ref To Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-22** Rec From House
- **2007-05-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-05-21** Amend Failed 2 `amendment-failure`
- **2007-05-21** Amend Failed 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2007-05-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-15** Postponed To 5/17/2007
- **2007-05-14** Placed On Cal For 5/15/2007
- **2007-05-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-09** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-12** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-03** Ref to the Com on Transportation and, if favorable, to the Com on Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f19d5aca-1e8b-4b09-a3f0-ad3b178dd237`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).