---
type: "Bill"
title: "Execution/Change Age."
description: "Execution/Change Age."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 784"
citation: "North Carolina HB 784 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAPITAL PUNISHMENT", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "REP. EARLE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GLAZIER", "REP. HARRISON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Earle", "Glazier", "Harrison"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-14"
last_action: "2007-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfa86d00-6cb0-409e-841f-d21e2491df2a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H784&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "527de90faf5826dd5d25517ef72511d6755ac1aa0320f45310bddabf90a5c735"
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 784 (2007) — Execution/Change Age.

## 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/H784v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H784v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H784v2.pdf)
4. **SL2007-81** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H784v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Earle — primary (person)
- Glazier — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-14** Ch. SL 2007-81 `became-law`
- **2007-06-14** Signed By Gov. 6/14/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-08** Pres. To Gov. 6/8/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-07** Ratified
- **2007-06-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-08** Ref To Com On Judiciary I (Civil) `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-08** Rec From House
- **2007-05-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-02** Placed On Cal For 5/3/2007
- **2007-05-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-15** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `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/dfa86d00-6cb0-409e-841f-d21e2491df2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).