---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sudan (Darfur) Divestment Act."
description: "Sudan (Darfur) Divestment Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 291"
citation: "North Carolina HB 291 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNCIL OF STATE", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "INVESTMENTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "STATE TREASURER", "REP. LUEBKE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coates", "Harrison", "Luebke"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-20"
last_action: "2007-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0efab40c-3400-4697-940c-90f1907aae86"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H291&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9eeb2faed79650ada23e60268cbebcd22e30206a27503a460390126439af2b88"
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 291 (2007) — Sudan (Darfur) Divestment Act.

## 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/H291v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H291v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H291v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H291v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-486** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H291v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur\Sen. Amd. 1 — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Coates — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Luebke — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Allred — cosponsor (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Blue — cosponsor (person)
- Blust — cosponsor (person)
- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Holliman — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- McAllister — cosponsor (person)
- Michaux — cosponsor (person)
- Mobley — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- T. Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-30** Ch. SL 2007-486 `became-law`
- **2007-08-30** Signed By Gov. 8/30/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-01** Pres. To Gov. 8/1/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-01** Ratified
- **2007-07-31** Concurred In S Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-27** Placed On Cal For 7/28/2007
- **2007-07-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-27** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2007-07-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-26** Com Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-26** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-05** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-05** Rec From House
- **2007-04-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-03** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-02** Placed On Cal For 4/3/2007
- **2007-03-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-03-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-21** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0efab40c-3400-4697-940c-90f1907aae86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).