---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require Fingerprinting for DWI/DWLR."
description: "Require Fingerprinting for DWI/DWLR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1211"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1211 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "DWI", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FINGERPRINTING", "ID SYSTEMS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-21"
last_action: "2007-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/605a6a1a-a2a9-4264-aee7-f7219c99913d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1211&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "10ffd639826d104ee595fb17560d953b705c95305a759b6e297b74c3dc619a5a"
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 1211 (2007) — Require Fingerprinting for DWI/DWLR.

## 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/S1211v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1211v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1211v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1211v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-370** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1211v4.pdf)

## Votes

- h amendment 1\Motion 8\To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- h amendment 1\Motion 8\To Concur — **0–47** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-19** Ch. SL 2007-370 `became-law`
- **2007-08-19** Signed By Gov. 8/19/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/3/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-02** Ratified
- **2007-08-02** Concurred In H Amend 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-02** Reconsidered Concurrence
- **2007-07-31** Failed Concur In H Amend
- **2007-07-30** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2007
- **2007-07-30** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2007-07-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-07-28** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-07-26** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2007
- **2007-07-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-03** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-04-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary I (Civil) `referral-committee`
- **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/605a6a1a-a2a9-4264-aee7-f7219c99913d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).