---
type: "Bill"
title: "Towing of Recreational Boats/Exemption."
description: "Towing of Recreational Boats/Exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 2167"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2167 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "FEES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SHIPPING", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRAILERS", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRUCKS", "VETOED", "CHAPTERED", "VETO OVERRIDDEN", "REP. WILLIAMS", "BOATS & WATERCRAFT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-15"
last_action: "2008-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/893fa174-d877-449f-b10a-fc8c51ea147c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H2167&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8f214b8f8529b8cb32a85856c661decee079d59f55c6e6d387ced45f703f241c"
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 2167 (2007) — Towing of Recreational Boats/Exemption.

## 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/H2167v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2167v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2167v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2167v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2167v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2167v5.pdf)
7. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2167v6.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2167v7.pdf)
9. **SL2008-229** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2167v8.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 10\Override Veto — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- M3 Previous\Question — **74–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allred — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwood — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Current — cosponsor (person)
- E. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Killian — cosponsor (person)
- Langdon — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-08-27** Ch. SL 2008-229 `became-law`
- **2008-08-27** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2008-08-27** Placed On Cal For 8/27/2008
- **2008-08-27** Rec From House
- **2008-08-27** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2008-08-17** Received from the Governor
- **2008-08-17** Vetoed 8/17/2008 `executive-veto`
- **2008-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-17** Ratified
- **2008-07-17** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2008-07-16** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2008-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2008
- **2008-07-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-16** Com Sub Ruled Material
- **2008-07-16** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2008-07-16** Engrossed
- **2008-07-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2008-07-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-07-15** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2008
- **2008-07-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2008-07-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-07-03** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-07-03** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-07-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-26** Ref to Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-26** Rec From House
- **2008-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2008-06-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-06-24** Placed On Cal For 6/25/2008
- **2008-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Sub 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-19** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-19** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-09** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-21** Re-ref Com On Wildlife Resources `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-21** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2008-05-19** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-05-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/893fa174-d877-449f-b10a-fc8c51ea147c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).