---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulate Mixed Martial Arts/Fees."
description: "Regulate Mixed Martial Arts/Fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1786"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1786 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "CRIME CONTROL DEPT.", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "LIABILITY", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SPORTS", "TITLE CHANGE", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. BORDSEN", "REP. LOVE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bordsen"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-04-18"
last_action: "2007-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04a46abf-6225-4f8c-82ca-3508ea80bfad"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1786&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "93551755728302d4cf082bf2212db32e5e6a40dba563c9bc288c2c26ba41ced9"
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 1786 (2007) — Regulate Mixed Martial Arts/Fees.

## 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/H1786v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1786v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1786v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1786v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1786v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1786v5.pdf)
7. **SL2007-490** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1786v6.pdf)

## Votes

- R3 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **96–16** (pass) · lower
- R2 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **94–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bordsen — primary (person)
- Love — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-30** Ch. SL 2007-490 `became-law`
- **2007-08-30** Signed By Gov. 8/30/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/2/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-02** Ratified
- **2007-08-02** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2007-08-01** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2007-08-01** Placed On Cal For 8/1/2007
- **2007-08-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-08-01** Com Sub Ruled Material
- **2007-08-01** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-08-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-31** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2007
- **2007-07-31** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-07-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-30** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-30** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2007-05-29** Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-29** Rec From House
- **2007-05-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-24** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-24** Placed On Cal For 5/24/2007
- **2007-05-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `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/04a46abf-6225-4f8c-82ca-3508ea80bfad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).