---
type: "Bill"
title: "Use of Senate Seals and Coat of Arms."
description: "Use of Senate Seals and Coat of Arms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 371"
citation: "North Carolina SB 371 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CRIMES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STATE SYMBOLS", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-27"
last_action: "2007-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db439f92-466b-43ca-8104-4febe5a8b7d7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S371&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8a6515b3c040c2095915706d52e5b009a3bb5a0b26e146883c88eb988bb7912e"
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 371 (2007) — Use of Senate Seals and Coat of Arms.

## 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/S371v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S371v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S371v2.pdf)
4. **SL2007-354** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S371v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-17** Ch. SL 2007-354 `became-law`
- **2007-08-17** Signed By Gov. 8/17/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-01** Pres. To Gov. 8/1/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-01** Ratified
- **2007-07-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-27** Placed On Cal For 7/28/2007
- **2007-07-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-29** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-28** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db439f92-466b-43ca-8104-4febe5a8b7d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).