---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protections for Victims of Human Trafficking."
description: "Protections for Victims of Human Trafficking."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1079"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1079 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGETING", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "PRESENTED", "PROSTITUTION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "TITLE CHANGE", "VICTIMS RIGHTS", "SEN. KINNAIRD", "CHAPTERED", "SMUGGLING", "CIVIL ACTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-20"
last_action: "2007-08-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d3add58-00cf-4ee9-adb4-52991ef59a32"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1079&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "84ebb592b5d5568df2de64c9119b3c10234ad79b3222450d1b5af643602151e2"
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 SB 1079 (2007) — Protections for Victims of Human Trafficking.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1079v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1079v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1079v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1079v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1079v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-547** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1079v5.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Cowell — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-31** Ch. SL 2007-547 `became-law`
- **2007-08-31** Signed By Gov. 8/31/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/3/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-02** Ratified
- **2007-08-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-08-02** Placed On Cal For 8/2/2007
- **2007-08-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-08-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-08-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-08-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-08-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-31** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2007
- **2007-07-31** Com Amend Adpt & Engross 1 & 2
- **2007-07-31** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-23** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-07-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-22** Ref To Com On Judiciary I (Civil) `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d3add58-00cf-4ee9-adb4-52991ef59a32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).