---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sex Offender GPS/DOC Requests."
description: "Sex Offender GPS/DOC Requests."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 29"
citation: "North Carolina HB 29 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTION DEPT.", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DATA SYSTEMS", "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "PAROLE & PROBATION", "PRESENTED", "PRISONERS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "SEX OFFENSES", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GOFORTH", "REP. RAY", "ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ray"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-01-29"
last_action: "2007-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2e27281-dd34-4a62-b81f-6b615f537101"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H29&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d62f8753cca41b8afaef87fbc1797b93e9482ad29f413b1bc5fef979fdaf6562"
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 29 (2007) — Sex Offender GPS/DOC Requests.

## 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/H29v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H29v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H29v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H29v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H29v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-213** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H29v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ray — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Almond — cosponsor (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Blust — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Current — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Justice — cosponsor (person)
- Justus — cosponsor (person)
- Kiser — cosponsor (person)
- Langdon — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- R. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Steen — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Tillis — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Walend — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-11** Ch. SL 2007-213 `became-law`
- **2007-07-11** Signed By Gov. 7/11/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-05** Pres. To Gov. 7/5/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-03** Ratified
- **2007-07-02** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-28** Postponed To 7/2/2007
- **2007-06-27** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2007
- **2007-06-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-27** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-06-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-06-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-02** Ref To Com On Judiciary I (Civil) `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-02** Rec From House
- **2007-05-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-25** Postponed To 5/1/2007
- **2007-04-17** Postponed To 4/25/2007
- **2007-04-16** Placed On Cal For 4/17/2007
- **2007-04-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-04-16** 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/a2e27281-dd34-4a62-b81f-6b615f537101`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).