---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Amendments."
description: "Election Amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1743"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1743 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AOC", "BOARDS", "CAMPAIGN FINANCE", "CENSUS", "CORRECTION DEPT.", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "POLITICAL ACTIVITY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "VOTER REGISTRATION", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GOODWIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-04-18"
last_action: "2007-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9329353-d02e-4d66-b41b-1aa7dc32aaa5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1743&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c9a7d12dade0ecd84d0be4979931cc13dc6bbdc39bd80d9dc5ab69b88c93bf45"
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 1743 (2007) — Election Amendments.

## 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/H1743v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1743v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1743v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1743v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1743v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1743v5.pdf)
7. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1743v6.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1743v7.pdf)
9. **SL2007-391** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1743v8.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **32–3** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **101–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-19** Ch. SL 2007-391 `became-law`
- **2007-08-19** Signed By Gov. 8/19/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/3/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-02** Ratified
- **2007-08-02** Conf Report Adopted
- **2007-08-02** Placed On Cal For 8/2/2007
- **2007-08-02** Conf Com Reported
- **2007-08-02** Conf Report Adopted
- **2007-08-02** Placed On Cal For 8/2/2007
- **2007-08-02** Conf Com Reported
- **2007-08-02** Conf Com Appointed
- **2007-08-01** Conf Com Appointed
- **2007-08-01** Failed concur in S/Com Sub
- **2007-08-01** Placed On Cal For 8/1/2007
- **2007-08-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-08-01** Rec To Concur S Com Sub As Amended
- **2007-08-01** Engrossed
- **2007-08-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-07-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-07-31** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-31** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-07-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-21** Ref To Com On Select Committee on Government and Election Reform `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-21** Rec From House
- **2007-05-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-17** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-16** Postponed To 5/17/2007
- **2007-05-15** Placed On Cal For 5/16/2007
- **2007-05-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-15** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-08** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-19** Ref to the Com on Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform and, if favorable, to the Com on Judiciary I `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/b9329353-d02e-4d66-b41b-1aa7dc32aaa5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).