---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcohol Monitoring Systems for DWI Offenders."
description: "Alcohol Monitoring Systems for DWI Offenders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1290"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1290 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "CORRECTION DEPT.", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "DRUG TESTING", "DWI", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PAROLE & PROBATION", "PRESENTED", "PRISONERS", "PUBLIC", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SENTENCING", "TESTING", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "SEN. D. BERGER", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. SNOW", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-21"
last_action: "2007-07-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8c2365d-9394-481b-9d16-28aaaf8bc366"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1290&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c84fa2534d45b665f35ec8e2a8249d0f38a9e523001ceb0632cd9793f2f906a4"
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 1290 (2007) — Alcohol Monitoring Systems for DWI Offenders.

## 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/S1290v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1290v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1290v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1290v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1290v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1290v5.pdf)
7. **SL2007-165** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1290v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **107–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-04** Ch. SL 2007-165 `became-law`
- **2007-07-04** Signed By Gov. 7/4/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-26** Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-25** Ratified
- **2007-06-21** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-20** Placed On Cal For 6/21/2007
- **2007-06-20** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-06-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-18** Placed On Cal For 6/19/2007
- **2007-06-18** Fiscal Note Attached
- **2007-06-14** Removed From Cal
- **2007-06-14** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2007-06-13** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2007
- **2007-06-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-22** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-17** Engrossed
- **2007-05-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-17** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-05-16** 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/d8c2365d-9394-481b-9d16-28aaaf8bc366`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).