---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend DV Laws/Homicide Reporting."
description: "Amend DV Laws/Homicide Reporting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 42"
citation: "North Carolina HB 42 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "COUNCILS", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DEATH & DYING", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMN.", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "WOMEN", "WOMENS COUNCIL", "REP. MCLAWHORN", "HOMICIDE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farmer-Butterfield", "McLawhorn", "Ross"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-01-30"
last_action: "2007-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e99724a7-a358-4eb8-92c7-5f48af2e4f3d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H42&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d7722ef7219fee9551e0bdd3e0916d3cfc41ccda02775e63451466404da5a1bd"
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 42 (2007) — Amend DV Laws/Homicide Reporting.

## 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/H42v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H42v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H42v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H42v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-14** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H42v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Farmer-Butterfield — primary (person)
- McLawhorn — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Blust — cosponsor (person)
- Bordsen — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Dickson — cosponsor (person)
- E. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Holloway — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- J. Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- McAllister — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Spear — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Walend — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-04-12** Ch. SL 2007-14 `became-law`
- **2007-04-12** Signed By Gov. 4/12/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-04-03** Pres. To Gov. 4/3/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-04-02** Ratified
- **2007-03-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-03-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-14** Ref To Com On Judiciary I (Civil) `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-14** Rec From House
- **2007-03-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-03-12** Placed On Cal For 3/13/2007
- **2007-03-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-03-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-13** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `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/e99724a7-a358-4eb8-92c7-5f48af2e4f3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).