---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic Signatures/Public Agencies."
description: "Electronic Signatures/Public Agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 211"
citation: "North Carolina SB 211 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "ID SYSTEMS", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES", "ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT", "SEN. COWELL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-19"
last_action: "2007-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fea6bb19-fa85-42f7-94c3-26f828303133"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S211&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "56340a6034897bb5af7f9e5fa4d259229fbaede5292e9392fdbe315ff0bda5f1"
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 211 (2007) — Electronic Signatures/Public Agencies.

## 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/S211v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S211v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S211v2.pdf)
4. **SL2007-119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S211v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cowell — cosponsor (person)
- Goodall — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-27** Ch. SL 2007-119 `became-law`
- **2007-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/27/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-21** Pres. To Gov. 6/21/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-21** Ratified
- **2007-06-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/20/2007
- **2007-06-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-29** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-03-22** Placed On Cal For 3/27/2007
- **2007-03-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2007-03-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary l (Civil) `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fea6bb19-fa85-42f7-94c3-26f828303133`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).