---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Jurisdiction."
description: "Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Jurisdiction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 343"
citation: "North Carolina HB 343 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LOCAL", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. M. ALEXANDER", "MECKLENBURG COUNTY", "CHARLOTTE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Alexander"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bb1819e-3f46-4474-9a8e-a650a6afedb1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H343&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b17b922733d42dcdd490a6640396cb46222a0a89b0b0057e300b3c1eac311e4c"
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 343 (2007) — Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Jurisdiction.

## 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/H343v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H343v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H343v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H343v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-45** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H343v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- M. Alexander — primary (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Killian — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Saunders — cosponsor (person)
- Tillis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-05-16** Ch. SL 2007-45 `became-law`
- **2007-05-16** Signed By Gov. 5/16/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-05-09** Pres. To Gov. 5/9/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-05-08** Ratified
- **2007-05-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-28** Ref To Com On Judiciary I (Civil) `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** Rec From House
- **2007-03-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-03-26** Postponed To 3/27/2007
- **2007-03-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-21** Placed On Cal For 3/22/2007
- **2007-03-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-03-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-07** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-26** Ref to the Com on Local Government II and, if favorable, to the Com on Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bb1819e-3f46-4474-9a8e-a650a6afedb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).