---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase Criminal Penalty/Theft of Metals."
description: "Increase Criminal Penalty/Theft of Metals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 367"
citation: "North Carolina HB 367 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "ENVIRONMENT", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECYCLING", "SOLID WASTE", "THEFT", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "CHAPTERED", "REP. CURRENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Current", "Neumann"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/330bba6c-7ad0-4629-9918-ed79d65be2d5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H367&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "29a66689151a2ac6f7aae3ce5eec4e772a7b0a4ebf6e78fffa72ca7235348587"
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 367 (2007) — Increase Criminal Penalty/Theft of Metals.

## 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/H367v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H367v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H367v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H367v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H367v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-301** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H367v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Current — primary (person)
- Neumann — primary (person)
- Allred — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Brubaker — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Daughtridge — cosponsor (person)
- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Justice — cosponsor (person)
- Justus — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-28** Ch. SL 2007-301 `became-law`
- **2007-07-28** Signed By Gov. 7/28/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-18** Ratified
- **2007-07-17** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2007
- **2007-07-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-11** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-07-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-03** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2007
- **2007-07-03** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-07-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-18** Ref To Com On Judiciary I (Civil) `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** Rec From House
- **2007-04-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-16** Placed On Cal For 4/17/2007
- **2007-04-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-04-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-27** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/330bba6c-7ad0-4629-9918-ed79d65be2d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).