---
type: "Bill"
title: "No Smoking/LTC Facilities."
description: "No Smoking/LTC Facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1294"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1294 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DHHS", "FINES & PENALTIES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "NURSING HOMES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "TOBACCO", "REP. HOWARD", "CHAPTERED", "REP. JUSTICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-04-03"
last_action: "2007-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d79e497-e1bd-4c2a-97fc-7c2a31c4b8dd"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1294&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f871fe06cb37609f29e0f05557403a0556d238b8ec3ddec410aeb051ecb9de08"
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 1294 (2007) — No Smoking/LTC Facilities.

## 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/H1294v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1294v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1294v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1294v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1294v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1294v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1294v6.pdf)
8. **SL2007-459** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1294v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **111–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Justice — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-28** Ch. SL 2007-459 `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** Conf Report Adopted
- **2007-07-31** Conf Report Adopted
- **2007-07-30** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2007
- **2007-07-30** Conf Com Reported
- **2007-07-30** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2007
- **2007-07-30** Conf Com Reported
- **2007-07-26** Conf Com Appointed
- **2007-07-23** Conf Com Appointed
- **2007-07-23** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2007-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/23/2007
- **2007-07-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-19** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-07-18** Engrossed
- **2007-07-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-18** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2007
- **2007-07-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2007-07-12** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2007
- **2007-07-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2007-07-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-07-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-16** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-16** Rec From House
- **2007-05-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-14** Placed On Cal For 5/15/2007
- **2007-05-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-10** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-26** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-04** Ref to the Com on Aging and, if favorable, to the Com on Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d79e497-e1bd-4c2a-97fc-7c2a31c4b8dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).