---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recognize Juneteenth National Freedom Day."
description: "Recognize Juneteenth National Freedom Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1607"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1607 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CALENDAR", "HOLIDAYS", "MINORITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. WOMBLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Womble"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-04-18"
last_action: "2007-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4da97e0-9cef-40b1-bbae-36bbd471f8f0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1607&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "10e03f0537649f1bd2283078adba2591d183dbf981cb727b2f51b5f6456f740e"
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 1607 (2007) — Recognize Juneteenth National Freedom Day.

## 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/H1607v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1607v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1607v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1607v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-450** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1607v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Womble — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Bordsen — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Holliman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Love — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- McAllister — cosponsor (person)
- Mobley — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- T. Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Wright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-23** Ch. SL 2007-450 `became-law`
- **2007-08-23** Signed By Gov. 8/23/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/2/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-02** Ratified
- **2007-08-02** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **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`
- **2007-05-24** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-24** Rec From House
- **2007-05-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-22** Placed On Cal For 5/23/2007
- **2007-05-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-19** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4da97e0-9cef-40b1-bbae-36bbd471f8f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).