---
type: "Bill"
title: "Incorporate Hampstead."
description: "Incorporate Hampstead."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 15"
citation: "North Carolina SB 15 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTERS", "COUNTIES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "MUNICIPAL INCORPORATION", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "SEN. SOLES", "NEW HANOVER COUNTY", "PENDER COUNTY", "KURE BEACH", "CAROLINA BEACH", "TOPSAIL BEACH", "WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH", "CHAPTERED", "UNREGULATED VEHICLES", "HAMPSTEAD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-01-25"
last_action: "2007-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/194b7c9d-2728-438b-8163-1ff1326e6280"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S15&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "280025c979f0087902abbee64293a33e5832e207d047df1af4489630269e78e1"
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 15 (2007) — Incorporate Hampstead.

## 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/S15v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S15v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S15v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S15v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S15v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-329** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S15v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Soles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-02** Ch. SL 2007-329 `became-law`
- **2007-08-02** Ratified
- **2007-08-01** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2007-07-31** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2007-07-30** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2007
- **2007-07-30** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-07-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **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`
- **2007-07-25** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-06** Ref To Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-02-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-02-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-12** Ref To Com On State & Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2007-01-29** Held As Filed
- **2007-01-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/194b7c9d-2728-438b-8163-1ff1326e6280`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).