---
type: "Bill"
title: "Goldsboro/Validate City Action."
description: "Goldsboro/Validate City Action."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 2376"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2376 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARTS", "CONTRACTS", "CORPORATIONS", "NON-PROFIT", "COUNTIES", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "LOCAL", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "REP. BELL", "GOLDSBORO", "WAYNE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. PATE", "REP. BRAXTON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Braxton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2008-05-20"
last_action: "2008-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/398113d4-ce1c-49a2-9bc8-c2ff8a11d88c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H2376&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "425825a394d9a55916a23f27dbcd0017fae2c510e29f37ef71b38dae8b56d1ac"
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 2376 (2007) — Goldsboro/Validate City Action.

## 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/H2376v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2376v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2376v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2376v3.pdf)
5. **SL2008-73** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2376v4.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Braxton — primary (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-07-10** Ch. SL 2008-73 `became-law`
- **2008-07-10** Ratified
- **2008-07-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-26** Ref To Com On State & Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-26** Rec From House
- **2008-06-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2008
- **2008-06-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-06-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-21** Ref To Com On Local Government 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/398113d4-ce1c-49a2-9bc8-c2ff8a11d88c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).