---
type: "Bill"
title: "Assault Disabled Person/Institutional Setting-AB"
description: "Assault Disabled Person/Institutional Setting-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 554"
citation: "North Carolina HB 554 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ASSAULT", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "FISCAL NOTES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "NURSING HOMES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "REP. INSKO", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-07"
last_action: "2007-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c782a920-23ec-42c5-b786-394914ca6a15"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H554&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5d67ed1798d54c7c59a05895b12187c70098ccf66e021209a86bc03fa5ae9a3b"
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 554 (2007) — Assault Disabled Person/Institutional Setting-AB

## 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/H554v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H554v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H554v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H554v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-188** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H554v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-08** Ch. SL 2007-188 `became-law`
- **2007-07-08** Signed By Gov. 7/8/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-28** Ratified
- **2007-06-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-23** Ref To Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-23** Rec From House
- **2007-05-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-21** Placed On Cal For 5/22/2007
- **2007-05-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-26** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-12** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c782a920-23ec-42c5-b786-394914ca6a15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).