---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pyrotechnics Permits By Cities."
description: "Pyrotechnics Permits By Cities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 189"
citation: "North Carolina HB 189 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "EXPLOSIVES", "FIREWORKS", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "HALIFAX COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "ROANOKE RAPIDS", "REP. ALLEN", "REP. WRAY", "REP. BRYANT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Bryant"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-14"
last_action: "2007-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4dd7caf-14e9-4083-9250-5f0f04d1cde0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H189&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a7174dfcd49b2e2552cde26bae9ae130cc10c392938524542391be12c9059ba1"
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 189 (2007) — Pyrotechnics Permits By Cities.

## 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/H189v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H189v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H189v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H189v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H189v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-38** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H189v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Bryant — primary (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-05-11** Ch. SL 2007-38 `became-law`
- **2007-05-11** Signed By Gov. 5/11/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-05-02** Pres. To Gov. 5/2/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-05-01** Ratified
- **2007-04-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-02** Ref To Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-02** Rec From House
- **2007-03-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-03-29** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-28** Postponed To 3/29/2007
- **2007-03-27** Placed On Cal For 3/28/2007
- **2007-03-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-03-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-07** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-15** Ref to the Com on Local Government II and, if favorable, to the Com on Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4dd7caf-14e9-4083-9250-5f0f04d1cde0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).