---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire-Safe Cigarette Act."
description: "Fire-Safe Cigarette Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1785"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1785 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "HOUSING", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "MANUFACTURING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REVENUE DEPT.", "SAFETY", "TAXATION", "TOBACCO", "REP. INSKO", "CHAPTERED", "AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glazier", "Insko"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-04-18"
last_action: "2007-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87edaf0c-b558-4b82-bc5f-a17c4b1bacad"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1785&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0630156e9b45732577b5f8f37221937dc11f84b1018f4447cfe37ab0ee9834e1"
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 1785 (2007) — Fire-Safe Cigarette Act.

## 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/H1785v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1785v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1785v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1785v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1785v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1785v5.pdf)
7. **SL2007-451** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1785v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **105–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Glazier — primary (person)
- Insko — primary (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-24** Ch. SL 2007-451 `became-law`
- **2007-08-24** Signed By Gov. 8/24/2007 `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`
- **2007-07-18** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-18** Rec From House
- **2007-07-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-07-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2007
- **2007-07-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-03** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-06** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-19** Ref To 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/87edaf0c-b558-4b82-bc5f-a17c4b1bacad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).