---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sex Offenders/Pretrial Release."
description: "Sex Offenders/Pretrial Release."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 17"
citation: "North Carolina SB 17 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BAIL", "CHILD ABUSE", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "MINORS", "OBSCENITY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEX OFFENSES", "SURETY & FIDELITY", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. BOSEMAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-01-25"
last_action: "2007-07-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/442a37bf-a611-416c-823f-fb2c5095013f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S17&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "785b1a5a52fe1503e805e9b742f1449e5ec6d7f00b4dba622a78a966b2796e68"
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 17 (2007) — Sex Offenders/Pretrial Release.

## 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/S17v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S17v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S17v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S17v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S17v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-172** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S17v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Boseman — cosponsor (person)
- Foriest — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Goodall — cosponsor (person)
- Goss — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-04** Ch. SL 2007-172 `became-law`
- **2007-07-04** Signed By Gov. 7/4/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-26** Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-26** Ratified
- **2007-06-25** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-21** Placed On Cal For 6/25/2007
- **2007-06-21** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-06-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/20/2007
- **2007-06-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-29** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-05-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-12** Ref To Com On Judiciary l (Civil) `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/442a37bf-a611-416c-823f-fb2c5095013f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).