---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community Colleges/Tobacco Free."
description: "Community Colleges/Tobacco Free."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1669"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1669 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "BUILDINGS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMISSIONS", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "EDUCATION", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "HEALTH & WELLNESS FUND COMN.", "HEALTH EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "TOBACCO", "SEN. FORRESTER", "SEN. PURCELL", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. DORSETT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-19"
last_action: "2008-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9d4e09a-6150-4238-b7c8-ba1d6a562def"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1669&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1b1ecb676abd799561c50767bd794a614745b4258ba5cfd74e66c9c17440686e"
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 1669 (2007) — Community Colleges/Tobacco Free.

## 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/S1669v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1669v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1669v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1669v3.pdf)
5. **SL2008-95** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1669v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **116–3** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **36–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-07-11** Ch. SL 2008-95 `became-law`
- **2008-07-11** Signed By Gov. 7/11/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-03** Pres. To Gov. 7/2/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-02** Ratified
- **2008-07-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-24** Placed On Cal For 6/25/2008
- **2008-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-17** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-06-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-20** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9d4e09a-6150-4238-b7c8-ba1d6a562def`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).