---
type: "Bill"
title: "Carrboro Campaign Regulation."
description: "Carrboro Campaign Regulation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 488"
citation: "North Carolina SB 488 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAMPAIGN FINANCE", "CHARTERS", "COUNTIES", "ELECTIONS", "ETHICS", "LOBBYING", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PACS", "POLITICAL ACTIVITY", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. KINNAIRD", "ORANGE COUNTY", "CARRBORO", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-05"
last_action: "2008-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93fe7cd5-6bed-4809-bf14-dc7cf0c61a03"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S488&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f0bb08a5f11f45ac62558728a09f586900ca7143c00e83ab5f3e751ec835b743"
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 488 (2007) — Carrboro Campaign Regulation.

## 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/S488v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S488v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S488v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S488v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S488v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S488v5.pdf)
7. **SL2008-97** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S488v6.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **72–35** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **34–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-07-15** Ch. SL 2008-97 `became-law`
- **2008-07-15** Ratified
- **2008-07-14** Adopted `passage`
- **2008-07-14** Adopted `passage`
- **2008-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2008
- **2008-07-10** Conf Com Reported
- **2008-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2008
- **2008-07-10** Conf Com Reported
- **2008-07-08** Conf Com Appointed
- **2008-07-08** Conf Com Appointed
- **2008-07-03** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2008-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/3/2008
- **2008-07-02** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2008-07-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-01** Postponed To 7/2/2008
- **2008-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2008
- **2008-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-28** Re-ref Com On Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-28** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2007-07-26** Postponed To 7/28/2007
- **2007-07-23** Postponed To 7/26/2007
- **2007-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/23/2007
- **2007-07-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-15** Ref To Com On Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-10** Engrossed
- **2007-05-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-10** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-06** Ref To Com On State & Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93fe7cd5-6bed-4809-bf14-dc7cf0c61a03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).