---
type: "Bill"
title: "Legal Status of Prisoners."
description: "Legal Status of Prisoners."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 229"
citation: "North Carolina SB 229 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "CRIMES", "DEATH & DYING", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "DWI", "FISCAL NOTES", "GOVERNOR", "GOVERNOR'S CRIME COMN.", "IMMIGRATION", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "TITLE CHANGE", "WOMEN", "HOMICIDE", "ALIENS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. BOSEMAN", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-20"
last_action: "2007-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d81f1b6-108f-4ca5-b178-54f6deac701b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S229&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2dd7f76a89f47e7bec7b9709caab7cbec8c4c2f3606b94db7efb44ef6a3ec03e"
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 229 (2007) — Legal Status of Prisoners.

## 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/S229v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S229v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S229v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S229v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S229v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-494** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S229v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **109–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boseman — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-30** Ch. SL 2007-494 `became-law`
- **2007-08-30** Signed By Gov. 8/30/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/2/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-02** Ratified
- **2007-08-01** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-01** Placed On Cal For 8/1/2007
- **2007-08-01** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-08-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-31** Placed On Cal For 8/1/2007
- **2007-07-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-10** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-04-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary l (Civil) `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d81f1b6-108f-4ca5-b178-54f6deac701b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).