---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Release of Juvenile Escape Info."
description: "Amend Release of Juvenile Escape Info."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 2492"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2492 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONFIDENTIALITY", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "JUVENILE INSTITUTIONS", "JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPT.", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. SUTTON", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GOFORTH", "REP. JUSTICE", "REP. SPEAR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goforth", "Justus", "Spear"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-21"
last_action: "2008-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bbb111e-84a3-4ab0-8165-ecc1e859791f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H2492&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "771a5f2ab99f08f8592d0084221fc1a3061dec865a580e2a1fe1cccfe73ec351"
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 2492 (2007) — Amend Release of Juvenile Escape Info.

## 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/H2492v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2492v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2492v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2492v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2492v4.pdf)
6. **SL2008-169** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2492v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **42–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goforth — primary (person)
- Justus — primary (person)
- Spear — primary (person)
- Allred — cosponsor (person)
- Braxton — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Church — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Furr — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Haire — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kiser — cosponsor (person)
- Love — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- R. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Stam — cosponsor (person)
- Steen — cosponsor (person)
- Stiller — cosponsor (person)
- Sutton — cosponsor (person)
- T. Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Tillis — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Walend — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-08-04** Ch. SL 2008-169 `became-law`
- **2008-08-04** Signed By Gov. 8/4/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-17** Ratified
- **2008-07-17** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2008
- **2008-07-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-16** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2008-07-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2008
- **2008-07-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-07-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-25** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I (Civil) `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-25** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2008-06-23** Ref To Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-23** Rec From House
- **2008-06-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2008
- **2008-06-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-06-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-12** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2008-06-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-06-10** Placed On Cal For 6/11/2008
- **2008-06-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-06-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `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/6bbb111e-84a3-4ab0-8165-ecc1e859791f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).