---
type: "Bill"
title: "Service of Process/Electronic or Fax Receipt."
description: "Service of Process/Electronic or Fax Receipt."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 2287"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2287 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ROSS", "ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT", "CIVIL ACTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-20"
last_action: "2008-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7d829d2-12c1-4844-865a-5fc6eccc38a4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H2287&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0f336bc0fff32a1fb51e513ad549dbf26eef4b7600a1c2aca418f70472fe9a89"
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 2287 (2007) — Service of Process/Electronic or Fax Receipt.

## 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/H2287v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2287v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2287v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2287v3.pdf)
5. **SL2008-36** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2287v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-07-01** Ch. SL 2008-36 `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 Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-05-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7d829d2-12c1-4844-865a-5fc6eccc38a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).