---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charlotte Small Business Enterprise Program."
description: "Charlotte Small Business Enterprise Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 2488"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2488 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTERS", "COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "COUNTIES", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SMALL BUSINESSES", "MECKLENBURG COUNTY", "CHARLOTTE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. TILLIS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2008-05-21"
last_action: "2008-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4538547d-5390-4ecd-b238-5a419fee268f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H2488&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9536c3d9d0053d438b1115858dfd899a95a082cc418bd0d3ea3a2c727416e586"
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 2488 (2007) — Charlotte Small Business Enterprise Program.

## 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/H2488v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2488v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2488v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2488v3.pdf)
5. **SL2008-101** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2488v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Tillis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-07-15** Ch. SL 2008-101 `became-law`
- **2008-07-15** Ratified
- **2008-07-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-07-01** Ref To Com On State & Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2008-07-01** Rec From House
- **2008-07-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2008
- **2008-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-12** Re-ref Com On Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-26** Ref to the Com on Local Government II, if favorable, Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-05-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4538547d-5390-4ecd-b238-5a419fee268f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).