---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certified Retirement Community Program."
description: "Certified Retirement Community Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1627"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1627 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGING", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMERCE", "COMMERCE DEPT.", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "HOUSING", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SEN. WEINSTEIN", "ROBESON COUNTY", "LUMBERTON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-15"
last_action: "2008-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac01bbe0-7add-4f44-8685-980a0335bc80"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1627&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e53e8361a23a14ffc2f5cea3bbbdaba8ac6c9cdb0bff7bea9a39d9ae5f3d5716"
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 1627 (2007) — Certified Retirement Community Program.

## 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/S1627v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1627v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1627v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1627v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1627v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1627v5.pdf)
7. **SL2008-188** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1627v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-08-07** Ch. SL 2008-188 `became-law`
- **2008-08-07** Signed By Gov. 8/7/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-18** Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-18** Ratified
- **2008-07-17** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2008-07-16** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2008-07-15** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2008
- **2008-07-15** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2008-07-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2008-07-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2008
- **2008-07-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-07-02** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-07-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-26** Ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-06-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-19** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac01bbe0-7add-4f44-8685-980a0335bc80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).