---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic Voting for Nonprofits."
description: "Electronic Voting for Nonprofits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 2178"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2178 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "NON-PROFIT", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTRONIC COMMERCE", "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TELESERVICES", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ROSS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-15"
last_action: "2008-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d8cc86a-4a9c-4846-b8e8-7c75a796e928"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H2178&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0f9b9696cf14e1a8253c0e7278de7a6abea843c9e85477f1f6c5f7db3aa672c1"
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 2178 (2007) — Electronic Voting for Nonprofits.

## 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/H2178v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2178v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2178v2.pdf)
4. **SL2008-37** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2178v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ross — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-07-01** Ch. SL 2008-37 `became-law`
- **2008-07-01** Signed By Gov. 7/1/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-06-26** Ratified
- **2008-06-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-03** Ref To Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-03** Rec From House
- **2008-05-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-05-28** Placed On Cal For 5/29/2008
- **2008-05-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-05-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `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/0d8cc86a-4a9c-4846-b8e8-7c75a796e928`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).