---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic Voting/Open Meetings."
description: "Electronic Voting/Open Meetings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1631"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1631 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "NON-PROFIT", "COUNTIES", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTRONIC COMMERCE", "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC MEETINGS", "RATIFIED", "TELESERVICES", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. HARTSELL", "HYDE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-15"
last_action: "2008-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d42909a5-0df3-4630-bd98-6be09fb3c22c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1631&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "73844b77a81983815b7f281bfb5f50ebbbbaed8169aef4f3ec87a65a0f2a5454"
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 1631 (2007) — Electronic Voting/Open Meetings.

## 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/S1631v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1631v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1631v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1631v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1631v4.pdf)
6. **SL2008-111** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1631v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-07-17** Ch. SL 2008-111 `became-law`
- **2008-07-17** Ratified
- **2008-07-17** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2008
- **2008-07-16** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2008-07-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-16** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-15** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2008
- **2008-07-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-07-14** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-07-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-11** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-06-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `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/d42909a5-0df3-4630-bd98-6be09fb3c22c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).