---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vandalism Damages More Than $5,000/Felony."
description: "Vandalism Damages More Than $5,000/Felony."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 946"
citation: "North Carolina HB 946 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. GRAHAM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goforth", "Grady", "Sutton"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-21"
last_action: "2008-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54433df8-9986-4483-972f-e5359a3a606f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H946&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f170c5e01a0834055350d40e09b647104642ad7b30890bd7fb355cd670f8f935"
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 946 (2007) — Vandalism Damages More Than $5,000/Felony.

## 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/H946v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H946v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H946v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H946v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H946v4.pdf)
6. **SL2008-15** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H946v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goforth — primary (person)
- Grady — primary (person)
- Sutton — primary (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Yongue — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-06-25** Ch. SL 2008-15 `became-law`
- **2008-06-25** Signed By Gov. 6/25/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-06-18** Pres. To Gov. 6/18/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-06-17** Ratified
- **2008-06-16** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-12** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2008
- **2008-06-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-06-12** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2008-06-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-05** Placed On Cal For 6/10/2008
- **2008-06-05** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2008-06-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-06-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-15** Ref To Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-15** Rec From House
- **2007-05-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-03** Postponed To 5/9/2007
- **2007-05-02** Placed On Cal For 5/3/2007
- **2007-04-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-04-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-22** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54433df8-9986-4483-972f-e5359a3a606f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).