---
type: "Bill"
title: "DOC Inmate Labor. -AB"
description: "DOC Inmate Labor. -AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1096"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1096 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORPORATIONS", "NON-PROFIT", "CORRECTION DEPT.", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "PRESENTED", "PRISON LABOR", "PRISONERS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WOMEN", "SEN. KINNAIRD", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. SNOW"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-20"
last_action: "2007-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1fdb6cb-0ad1-4a3f-8eaa-e9379833aa26"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1096&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5fed4c7b48714689a8427fe28ba992dcdf62a7d922c830231395d3bf45978518"
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 1096 (2007) — DOC Inmate Labor. -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/Senate/PDF/S1096v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1096v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1096v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1096v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-398** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1096v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-21** Ch. SL 2007-398 `became-law`
- **2007-08-21** Signed By Gov. 8/21/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-31** Pres. To Gov. 7/31/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-31** Ratified
- **2007-07-30** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-28** Placed On Cal For 7/30/2007
- **2007-07-28** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-07-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-23** Postponed To 7/25/2007
- **2007-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/23/2007
- **2007-07-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-21** Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship `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/a1fdb6cb-0ad1-4a3f-8eaa-e9379833aa26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).