---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protect Judicial Officer Safety."
description: "Protect Judicial Officer Safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 184"
citation: "North Carolina SB 184 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "COURTS", "EMPLOYMENT", "ETHICS", "JUDGES", "MINORS", "PERSONNEL", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. DALTON", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "ETHICS COMN."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-14"
last_action: "2007-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a4c0619-80d2-4d53-8dc5-f54e227782a5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S184&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "bad7cb14ab91ba5a4845ec11d3e4fd1190e864ed86b88df4b54b29fb5d483381"
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 184 (2007) — Protect Judicial Officer Safety.

## 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/S184v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S184v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S184v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S184v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S184v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S184v5.pdf)
7. **SL2007-29** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S184v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Goss — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-04-28** Ch. SL 2007-29 `became-law`
- **2007-04-28** Signed By Gov. 4/28/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-04-25** Pres. To Gov. 4/25/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-04-24** Ratified
- **2007-04-23** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-19** Placed On Cal For 4/23/2007
- **2007-04-19** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-04-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-17** Placed On Cal For 4/18/2007
- **2007-04-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-04-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-12** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-07** Engrossed
- **2007-03-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-03-07** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-03-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-15** Ref To Com On Judiciary ll (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a4c0619-80d2-4d53-8dc5-f54e227782a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).