---
type: "Bill"
title: "Silver Alert System/Missing Persons Alert."
description: "Silver Alert System/Missing Persons Alert."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 38"
citation: "North Carolina HB 38 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABLED PERSONS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FISCAL NOTES", "INCOMPETENTS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "REP. INSKO", "REP. WOMBLE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. PARMON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Insko", "Parmon", "Womble"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-01-30"
last_action: "2007-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d53f7461-b1b0-49b3-8adf-d3a31ca848ca"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H38&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "bcf3cc8de2397a77f685fa68cd44931146c09b1ee1689d74b1597e069481bce8"
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 38 (2007) — Silver Alert System/Missing Persons Alert.

## 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/H38v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H38v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H38v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H38v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H38v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-469** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H38v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Insko — primary (person)
- Parmon — primary (person)
- Womble — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Avila — cosponsor (person)
- Bordsen — cosponsor (person)
- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
- Holloway — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Wiley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-29** Ch. SL 2007-469 `became-law`
- **2007-08-29** Signed By Gov. 8/29/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-31** Pres. To Gov. 7/31/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-31** Ratified
- **2007-07-30** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-28** Placed On Cal For 7/30/2007
- **2007-07-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-28** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-07-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-07-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-16** Rec From House
- **2007-04-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-05** Postponed To 4/11/2007
- **2007-04-04** Placed On Cal For 4/5/2007
- **2007-04-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-04-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-13** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-13** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2007-01-31** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2007-01-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-01-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d53f7461-b1b0-49b3-8adf-d3a31ca848ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).