---
type: "Bill"
title: "NCGA Police Powers."
description: "NCGA Police Powers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1957"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1957 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETING", "COUNTIES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FUNDING", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. RAND", "WAKE COUNTY", "FORSYTH COUNTY", "WINSTON-SALEM", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-23"
last_action: "2008-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6d5edfe-e646-46cd-ad14-fee9e7ffb125"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1957&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5b1d8c7a933d7c2f793e6ae6585b6d7a4bde87cbffaec8fcb908077be32be733"
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 1957 (2007) — NCGA Police Powers.

## 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/S1957v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1957v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1957v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1957v3.pdf)
5. **SL2008-145** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1957v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- House Amd No 1\Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-08-02** Ch. SL 2008-145 `became-law`
- **2008-08-02** Signed By Gov. 8/2/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-10** Pres. To Gov. 7/10/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-10** Ratified
- **2008-07-09** Concurred In H Amend #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2008
- **2008-07-08** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2008-07-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-07** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **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`
- **2008-06-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-06-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-27** Ref To Com On State & Local Government `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/b6d5edfe-e646-46cd-ad14-fee9e7ffb125`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).