---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student Loan Repayment for NC Guard Members."
description: "Student Loan Repayment for NC Guard Members."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1304"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1304 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "BUDGETING", "CRIME CONTROL DEPT.", "EDUCATION", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "FUNDING", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LOANS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "TUITION", "REP. LUCAS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. PATE", "REP. MARTIN", "REP. TILLIS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lucas", "Martin", "Tillis"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-04-04"
last_action: "2008-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffab944b-dde6-4c3d-a31f-edd028b8f4fe"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1304&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "fa6c0b201ea7ba5fa07db1eaeb0565e5aae6398484cf2a5b248fe0d4d8e67422"
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 1304 (2007) — Student Loan Repayment for NC Guard Members.

## 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/H1304v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1304v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1304v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1304v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1304v4.pdf)
6. **SL2008-94** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1304v5.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lucas — primary (person)
- Martin — primary (person)
- Tillis — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Almond — cosponsor (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwood — cosponsor (person)
- Blue — cosponsor (person)
- Boylan — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Current — cosponsor (person)
- Daughtridge — cosponsor (person)
- Daughtry — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Holliman — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Justice — cosponsor (person)
- Justus — cosponsor (person)
- Killian — cosponsor (person)
- Kiser — cosponsor (person)
- Love — cosponsor (person)
- Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- R. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Saunders — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Stam — cosponsor (person)
- Steen — cosponsor (person)
- Sutton — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-07-11** Ch. SL 2008-94 `became-law`
- **2008-07-11** Signed By Gov. 7/11/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-01** Pres. To Gov. 7/1/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-06-30** Ratified
- **2008-06-26** Conf Report Adopted
- **2008-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2008
- **2008-06-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2008-06-25** Conf Report Adopted
- **2008-06-24** Placed On Cal For 6/25/2008
- **2008-06-24** Conf Com Reported
- **2007-08-02** Conf Com Appointed
- **2007-08-02** Conf Com Appointed
- **2007-08-02** Failed concur in S/Com Sub
- **2007-08-01** Placed On Cal For 8/2/2007
- **2007-08-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-08-01** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-08-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-08-01** Placed On Cal For 8/1/2007
- **2007-08-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-08-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-23** Ref To Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-23** Rec From House
- **2007-07-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2007
- **2007-07-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-12** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-05** Ref to the Com on Homeland Security, Military and Veterans Affairs and, if favorable, to the Com on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffab944b-dde6-4c3d-a31f-edd028b8f4fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).