---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase Appointees/Governor's Crime Comm."
description: "Increase Appointees/Governor's Crime Comm."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1649"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1649 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COMMISSIONS", "CRIMES", "GOVERNOR", "GOVERNOR'S CRIME COMN.", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. MCLAWHORN", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-04-18"
last_action: "2007-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f35af4bc-adf3-4cc2-ae7c-f95d8310745b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1649&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "280d27a56fb537cadd27bcc1f9457787f9e7396970293aa91a96a23dfdf83d53"
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 1649 (2007) — Increase Appointees/Governor's Crime Comm.

## 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/H1649v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1649v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1649v2.pdf)
4. **SL2007-454** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1649v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-28** Ch. SL 2007-454 `became-law`
- **2007-08-28** Signed By Gov. 8/28/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-26** Pres. To Gov. 7/26/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-26** Ratified
- **2007-07-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-22** Ref To Com On State & Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-22** Rec From House
- **2007-05-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-17** Placed On Cal For 5/21/2007
- **2007-05-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-19** Ref To Com On Ways and Means `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/f35af4bc-adf3-4cc2-ae7c-f95d8310745b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).