---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempt Law Enforcement from Backseat Belts."
description: "Exempt Law Enforcement from Backseat Belts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1330"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1330 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERGENCY SERVICES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "SAFETY EQUIPMENT", "SEATBELTS & RESTRAINTS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FOLWELL", "REP. SPEAR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Spear"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-04-05"
last_action: "2007-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22576ed7-b8f3-466b-a6b9-c0d7558227b0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1330&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "722ad27133a96f9d04f1c6783752ac42e66dcaf7400705eaa836e13ceaafd16a"
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 1330 (2007) — Exempt Law Enforcement from Backseat Belts.

## 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/H1330v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1330v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1330v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1330v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-289** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1330v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–4** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Spear — primary (person)
- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Neumann — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-27** Ch. SL 2007-289 `became-law`
- **2007-07-27** Signed By Gov. 7/27/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-16** Ratified
- **2007-07-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-09** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-09** Rec From House
- **2007-05-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-05-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-02** Placed On Cal For 5/3/2007
- **2007-05-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-09** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22576ed7-b8f3-466b-a6b9-c0d7558227b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).