---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Food Service Equipment/Lease-Purchase."
description: "School Food Service Equipment/Lease-Purchase."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 705"
citation: "North Carolina HB 705 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CONTRACTS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "FOOD SERVICES", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "KINDERGARTEN", "LEASING", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "REP. CRAWFORD", "CHAPTERED", "REP. WRAY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crawford"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-14"
last_action: "2007-08-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a78d367d-e55b-4e17-861c-8dcfcd6cf4eb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H705&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e04b58a9bb5f265cb08f1e9893baed9bd76c89b7611aec3f7376fa946366b87a"
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 705 (2007) — School Food Service Equipment/Lease-Purchase.

## 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/H705v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H705v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H705v2.pdf)
4. **SL2007-519** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H705v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crawford — primary (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Church — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-31** Ch. SL 2007-519 `became-law`
- **2007-08-31** Signed By Gov. 8/31/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-25** Pres. To Gov. 7/25/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-24** Ratified
- **2007-07-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-07-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-07-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-28** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** Rec From House
- **2007-03-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-03-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-22** Placed On Cal For 3/26/2007
- **2007-03-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-03-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-15** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a78d367d-e55b-4e17-861c-8dcfcd6cf4eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).