---
type: "Bill"
title: "NICS Reporting/Restoration."
description: "NICS Reporting/Restoration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 2081"
citation: "North Carolina SB 2081 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AOC", "APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGETING", "COURT CLERKS", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS", "JUDICIAL DEPT.", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SHERIFFS", "TITLE CHANGE", "WEAPONS", "SEN. RAND", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-27"
last_action: "2008-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d285431a-3c7a-4abc-b270-5ec5545c99e0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S2081&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d743a8b39bcd037d8389e31505d65fbddcf5ab6f0d6bf8974ee7ea6ef2639f63"
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 2081 (2007) — NICS Reporting/Restoration.

## 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/S2081v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2081v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2081v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2081v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2081v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2081v5.pdf)
7. **SL2008-210** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2081v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-08-09** Ch. SL 2008-210 `became-law`
- **2008-08-09** Signed By Gov. 8/9/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-18** Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-18** Ratified
- **2008-07-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-07-14** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2008-07-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-07-10** Engrossed
- **2008-07-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-10** Amend Adopted #3 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-10** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-10** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-07-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-12** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-28** Ref to Judiciary I (Civil). If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d285431a-3c7a-4abc-b270-5ec5545c99e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).