---
type: "Bill"
title: "2007 Continuing Budget Authority."
description: "2007 Continuing Budget Authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 2044"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2044 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGETING", "COMMERCE", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "FUNDING", "GOVERNOR", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "MEDICAID", "OCCUPATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "POVERTY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "STATE CONTROLLER", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "INDIVIDUAL INCOME", "TAXES", "SALES & USE", "TEACHERS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TSERS", "REP. GIBSON", "REP. LUEBKE", "REP. WAINWRIGHT", "REP. WEISS", "SUNSETS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gibson", "Luebke", "Wainwright"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-05-09"
last_action: "2007-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a04acca-5b5f-4361-8e4d-c38f447e28ea"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H2044&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "804e206d67bab0b81850ea967d000af51f65a52c10ea7544d77132c964b64a70"
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 2044 (2007) — 2007 Continuing Budget Authority.

## 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/H2044v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2044v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2044v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2044v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2044v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-145** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2044v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Amendment 1\Motion 1\To Table — **29–18** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **21–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gibson — primary (person)
- Luebke — primary (person)
- Wainwright — primary (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-29** Ch. SL 2007-145 `became-law`
- **2007-06-29** Signed By Gov. 6/29/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-29** Ratified
- **2007-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-06-28** Amend Tabled #1
- **2007-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2007
- **2007-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-28** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-28** Re-ref Com On Pensions, Retirement & Aging `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-27** Ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Pensions, Retirement & Aging. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-27** Rec From House
- **2007-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-06-27** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-27** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-06-26** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2007
- **2007-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-26** Re-ref Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-25** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-10** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a04acca-5b5f-4361-8e4d-c38f447e28ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).