---
type: "Bill"
title: "ABC Law Changes."
description: "ABC Law Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 267"
citation: "North Carolina HB 267 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABC COMN.", "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "CRIMES", "ELECTIONS", "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MANUFACTURING", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECYCLING", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "SOLID WASTE", "TITLE CHANGE", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "REP. GIBSON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-19"
last_action: "2007-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57bc7309-f56d-4b3d-a67f-feb55d1e6ac5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H267&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e969a19c867e0a1a8600d875fd741951c3733ba2dba1d34b3e8e04bc67e54a6d"
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 267 (2007) — ABC Law Changes.

## 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/H267v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H267v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H267v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H267v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H267v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-402** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H267v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **39–9** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **98–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Saunders — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-21** Ch. SL 2007-402 `became-law`
- **2007-08-21** Signed By Gov. 8/21/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/2/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-02** Ratified
- **2007-08-02** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-01** Placed On Cal For 8/2/2007
- **2007-08-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-08-01** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-08-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-08-01** Placed On Cal For 8/1/2007
- **2007-08-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-08-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-17** Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-17** Rec From House
- **2007-04-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-12** Placed On Cal For 4/16/2007
- **2007-04-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-04-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57bc7309-f56d-4b3d-a67f-feb55d1e6ac5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).