---
type: "Bill"
title: "Raleigh/Contracts Exemption."
description: "Raleigh/Contracts Exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 530"
citation: "North Carolina SB 530 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIDS & BIDDING", "CITY COUNCILS", "CONSERVATION", "CONTRACTS", "COUNTIES", "ENVIRONMENT", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "MOTOR VEHICLE", "TITLE CHANGE", "WAKE COUNTY", "RALEIGH", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. COWELL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-06"
last_action: "2007-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0306f8c7-af58-4f5e-8754-89bb72e4ec5b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S530&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "41a3a562c0a50f8575161362e3f39a161d93b0964b741bda404d48a68479e6fb"
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 530 (2007) — Raleigh/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/S530v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S530v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S530v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S530v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S530v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S530v5.pdf)
7. **SL2007-333** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S530v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **43–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cowell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-02** Ch. SL 2007-333 `became-law`
- **2007-08-02** Ratified
- **2007-08-01** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2007-07-31** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2007-07-30** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2007
- **2007-07-30** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-07-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-07-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-07-28** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-27** Placed On Cal For 7/28/2007
- **2007-07-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-25** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2007-07-23** Postponed To 7/26/2007
- **2007-07-18** Postponed To 7/23/2007
- **2007-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2007
- **2007-07-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-05-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-26** Re-ref Com On State & Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2007-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-07** Ref To Com On State & Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0306f8c7-af58-4f5e-8754-89bb72e4ec5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).