---
type: "Bill"
title: "Duty To Report Child Porn."
description: "Duty To Report Child Porn."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 27"
citation: "North Carolina HB 27 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD ABUSE", "COMMERCE", "COMPUTERS", "CRIMES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MINORS", "OBSCENITY", "PHOTOGRAPHY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "RETAILING", "SEX OFFENSES", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GLAZIER", "REP. GOFORTH", "REP. RAY", "REP. SPEAR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glazier", "Goforth", "Ray"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-01-29"
last_action: "2007-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcaaa311-b27f-4a69-8a53-2b8c4d778a18"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H27&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5c431caed7ff7a71bd54a372b6636098bdc255bf3ce532d778d6aa5f807ab62b"
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 27 (2007) — Duty To Report Child Porn.

## 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/H27v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H27v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H27v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H27v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H27v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H27v5.pdf)
7. **SL2007-263** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H27v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Glazier — primary (person)
- Goforth — primary (person)
- Ray — primary (person)
- Almond — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Current — cosponsor (person)
- Daughtridge — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Justice — cosponsor (person)
- Kiser — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Mobley — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- R. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Spear — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Steen — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Tillis — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Walend — cosponsor (person)
- Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-23** Ch. SL 2007-263 `became-law`
- **2007-07-23** Signed By Gov. 7/23/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-13** Pres. To Gov. 7/13/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-12** Ratified
- **2007-07-11** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/11/2007
- **2007-07-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-09** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-07-03** Engrossed
- **2007-07-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-03** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-27** Placed On Cal For 7/3/2007
- **2007-06-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2007-06-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-29** Ref To Com On Judiciary I (Civil) `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** Rec From House
- **2007-03-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-03-27** Placed On Cal For 3/28/2007
- **2007-03-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-03-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-13** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-13** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2007-01-30** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2007-01-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-01-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fcaaa311-b27f-4a69-8a53-2b8c4d778a18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).