---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt State Collard Festival."
description: "Adopt State Collard Festival."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 406"
citation: "North Carolina HB 406 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "COUNTIES", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "FESTIVALS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PRODUCE", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STATE SYMBOLS", "REP. MCLAWHORN", "PITT COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "AYDEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-27"
last_action: "2007-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fba27774-e8f7-4325-aff8-7f002531bb81"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H406&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5d87be64d1ad957cafa929cc903819d631c3737e30d8a5a4966c5d2973bf4ee5"
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 406 (2007) — Adopt State Collard Festival.

## 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/H406v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H406v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H406v2.pdf)
4. **SL2007-28** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H406v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-04-28** Ch. SL 2007-28 `became-law`
- **2007-04-28** Signed By Gov. 4/28/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-04-27** Pres. To Gov. 4/27/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-04-26** Ratified
- **2007-04-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-13** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-13** Rec From House
- **2007-03-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-03-08** Placed On Cal For 3/12/2007
- **2007-03-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-03-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-28** Ref To Com On Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fba27774-e8f7-4325-aff8-7f002531bb81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).