---
type: "Bill"
title: "Liability Protection for Private Entities."
description: "Liability Protection for Private Entities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1766"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1766 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORPORATIONS", "NON-PROFIT", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "VOLUNTEERS", "SEN. HARTSELL", "SEN. KERR", "SEN. RAND", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. APODACA", "SEN. DORSETT", "SEN. JENKINS", "SEN. MALONE", "SEN. NESBITT", "SEN. ATWATER", "SEN. BOSEMAN", "SEN. BROWN", "SEN. SNOW", "SEN. GOSS", "SEN. PRESTON", "SEN. JONES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-20"
last_action: "2008-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09c33dbb-0d52-4a44-ba6b-941d63f575ea"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1766&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a5c6c25b16d5dfe3c10f71df3536159fcfafa88abec963b59e9f325462a71777"
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 1766 (2007) — Liability Protection for Private Entities.

## 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/S1766v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1766v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1766v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1766v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1766v4.pdf)
6. **SL2008-200** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1766v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Boseman — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Goss — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
- Preston — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-08-08** Ch. SL 2008-200 `became-law`
- **2008-08-08** Signed By Gov. 8/8/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-15** Pres. To Gov. 7/14/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-14** Ratified
- **2008-07-10** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2008
- **2008-07-09** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2008-07-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-07** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2008
- **2008-07-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-04** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-06-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-05-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-05-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary I (Civil) `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09c33dbb-0d52-4a44-ba6b-941d63f575ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).