---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit Gift Card Maintenance Fees."
description: "Prohibit Gift Card Maintenance Fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1517"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1517 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "FEES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. ATWATER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-27"
last_action: "2007-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6eba6db-b8d6-4127-a4f5-f2975f1fe13a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1517&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b98bcdcdd031eb850c7cf934e10b68661ceb11c4f4f90d6896454cd4c875fee3"
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 1517 (2007) — Prohibit Gift Card Maintenance Fees.

## 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/S1517v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1517v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1517v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1517v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1517v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1517v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1517v6.pdf)
8. **SL2007-363** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1517v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Boseman — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- East — cosponsor (person)
- Foriest — cosponsor (person)
- Goodall — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Jacumin — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-17** Ch. SL 2007-363 `became-law`
- **2007-08-17** Signed By Gov. 8/17/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/2/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-02** Ratified
- **2007-08-01** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-01** Placed On Cal For 8/1/2007
- **2007-08-01** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-08-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-31** Placed On Cal For 8/1/2007
- **2007-07-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-30** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-07-30** Engrossed
- **2007-07-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-07-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-07-28** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-07-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-23** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-05-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-28** Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6eba6db-b8d6-4127-a4f5-f2975f1fe13a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).