---
type: "Bill"
title: "Strategies for Recovering Textbook Costs."
description: "Strategies for Recovering Textbook Costs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 232"
citation: "North Carolina HB 232 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMITTEES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION OVERSIGHT COMM.", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "TEXTBOOKS", "REP. LUCAS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-15"
last_action: "2007-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c22ca61b-84ea-4744-a8ed-f6628bfbefe0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H232&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "09af52a1c4c1636776b8213fc543244b482c7a8ebd2ae7808ba457d86ead7df3"
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 232 (2007) — Strategies for Recovering Textbook Costs.

## 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/H232v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H232v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H232v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H232v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-275** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H232v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dickson — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-27** Ch. SL 2007-275 `became-law`
- **2007-07-27** Signed By Gov. 7/27/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-16** Ratified
- **2007-07-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-19** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-19** Rec From House
- **2007-03-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-03-14** Placed On Cal For 3/15/2007
- **2007-03-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-03-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-19** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c22ca61b-84ea-4744-a8ed-f6628bfbefe0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).