---
type: "Bill"
title: "Travel/Tourism Board Charter Boat/Headboat."
description: "Travel/Tourism Board Charter Boat/Headboat."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 987"
citation: "North Carolina HB 987 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "TRAVEL & TOURISM BOARD", "CHAPTERED", "BOATS & WATERCRAFT", "REP. SPEAR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-22"
last_action: "2007-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8c5216b-2596-4d6d-82c6-cc3a94881580"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H987&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f6d0443198ddf7ee6c328d807e919a011be32218c6c1a31d6c107e1499f64bfb"
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 987 (2007) — Travel/Tourism Board Charter Boat/Headboat.

## 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/H987v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H987v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H987v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H987v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-67** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H987v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- McComas — cosponsor (person)
- Spear — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-07** Ch. SL 2007-67 `became-law`
- **2007-06-07** Signed By Gov. 6/7/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-05-30** Pres. To Gov. 5/30/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-05-29** Ratified
- **2007-05-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-30** Ref To Com On State & Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** Rec From House
- **2007-04-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-25** Placed On Cal For 4/26/2007
- **2007-04-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-11** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-26** Ref to the Com on Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship and, if favorable, to the Com on Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8c5216b-2596-4d6d-82c6-cc3a94881580`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).