---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limited Release From Prison for Deportation."
description: "Limited Release From Prison for Deportation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1955"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1955 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "CORRECTION DEPT.", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "IMMIGRATION", "PAROLE COMN.", "PAROLE & PROBATION", "PRESENTED", "PRISONERS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "SEN. RAND", "ALIENS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-23"
last_action: "2008-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51dc0ea4-a429-464c-9fa5-a9c208515a3a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1955&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c97a3b2435593be0c2a5d1aaa3a4e7b9b85f3ff103567f8d4eda47b297a548f2"
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 1955 (2007) — Limited Release From Prison for Deportation.

## 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/S1955v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1955v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1955v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1955v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1955v4.pdf)
6. **SL2008-199** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1955v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **103–2** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-08-08** Ch. SL 2008-199 `became-law`
- **2008-08-08** Signed By Gov. 8/8/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-09** Pres. To Gov. 7/9/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-08** Ratified
- **2008-07-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2008
- **2008-07-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-06-17** Engrossed
- **2008-06-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-17** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-11** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2008
- **2008-06-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2008-06-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-06-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-27** Ref To Com On Judiciary I (Civil) `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51dc0ea4-a429-464c-9fa5-a9c208515a3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).