---
type: "Bill"
title: "HAVA Funds/Delay Ticket to Work."
description: "HAVA Funds/Delay Ticket to Work."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 254"
citation: "North Carolina SB 254 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "DHHS", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "SEN. GARROU", "HIGHWAY FUND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-21"
last_action: "2007-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8aaf6423-1547-43a7-8898-0dd6ae7e5a62"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S254&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "caed44bf8b044ac5ef69006929897c4834c89bcd6ef0beeb07dc47328211cad3"
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 254 (2007) — HAVA Funds/Delay Ticket to Work.

## 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/S254v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S254v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S254v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S254v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-144** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S254v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- h amendment 1\Motion 8\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Garrou — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-29** Ch. SL 2007-144 `became-law`
- **2007-06-29** Signed By Gov. 6/29/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-29** Ratified
- **2007-06-28** Concurred In H Amend 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2007
- **2007-06-28** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2007-06-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-28** Com Amend Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-28** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2007-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-28** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-28** Ref To Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-06-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2007
- **2007-06-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-22** Ref To Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8aaf6423-1547-43a7-8898-0dd6ae7e5a62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).