---
type: "Bill"
title: "Durham Charter Amendment."
description: "Durham Charter Amendment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 2640"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2640 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTERS", "CITY COUNCILS", "CITY MANAGERS", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "SALES", "REP. HALL", "DURHAM COUNTY", "DURHAM", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall", "Luebke", "Michaux"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2008-05-27"
last_action: "2008-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0ddcd36-fb43-4ba4-90c6-30a3892ee943"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H2640&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ab2d6347bb0fc06159a25a7fe65a0a96231c3e21b88f098f244b6edc384e75b3"
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 2640 (2007) — Durham Charter Amendment.

## 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/H2640v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2640v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2640v2.pdf)
4. **SL2008-77** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2640v3.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)
- Luebke — primary (person)
- Michaux — primary (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-07-10** Ch. SL 2008-77 `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`
- **2008-07-01** 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 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-12** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-28** Ref to the Com on Local Government II, if favorable, Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-05-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0ddcd36-fb43-4ba4-90c6-30a3892ee943`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).