---
type: "Bill"
title: "UNC/Ag. Extension Employee Status.-AB"
description: "UNC/Ag. Extension Employee Status.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 847"
citation: "North Carolina HB 847 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "BOARDS", "BUILDINGS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "UNC", "UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS", "WAKE COUNTY", "RALEIGH", "CHAPTERED", "REP. COLEMAN", "PUBLIC BUILDINGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coleman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-14"
last_action: "2007-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01bef49b-22e1-4985-ab43-4edb23cbf2c6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H847&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2b395793f9f81d9004e8f441069da17ea5bc1a5a87ee3281d0fe349cfb59cbbf"
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 847 (2007) — UNC/Ag. Extension Employee Status.-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/H847v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H847v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H847v2.pdf)
4. **SL2007-195** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H847v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Coleman — primary (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-08** Ch. SL 2007-195 `became-law`
- **2007-07-08** Signed By Gov. 7/8/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-29** Ratified
- **2007-06-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-08** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `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
- **2007-04-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-04-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-17** Assigned To Education Subcommittee on Universities `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-12** Re-ref Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-15** Ref to the Com on State Personnel and, if favorable, to the Com on Education `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/01bef49b-22e1-4985-ab43-4edb23cbf2c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).