---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political Subdivisions/Contracts Exemption."
description: "Political Subdivisions/Contracts Exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 492"
citation: "North Carolina SB 492 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTRACTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. COWELL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-05"
last_action: "2007-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b38628e2-e5b3-47f3-ad89-5466381756a4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S492&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9bf7d4493202b6a1c4dcbe32111c51b275d1dfe69dd9b63cfe7cceefb5e35ba7"
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 492 (2007) — Political Subdivisions/Contracts Exemption.

## 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/S492v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S492v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S492v2.pdf)
4. **SL2007-94** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S492v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cowell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-20** Ch. SL 2007-94 `became-law`
- **2007-06-20** Signed By Gov. 6/20/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-14** Pres. To Gov. 6/13/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-12** Ratified
- **2007-06-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-07** Placed On Cal For 6/11/2007
- **2007-06-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-21** Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-06** Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship `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/b38628e2-e5b3-47f3-ad89-5466381756a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).