---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charlotte/Electronic Bids."
description: "Charlotte/Electronic Bids."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 579"
citation: "North Carolina SB 579 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIDS & BIDDING", "CHARTERS", "CONSTRUCTION", "CONTRACTS", "COUNTIES", "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "MECKLENBURG COUNTY", "CHARLOTTE", "CHAPTERED", "ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-06"
last_action: "2007-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a645b6d-ac86-4386-ba1b-bbfdf3ed4e02"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S579&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "718ac066c6d1fb7cf73a559d247fd463eb9ce28ba89352d257550b85a2d16b2e"
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 579 (2007) — Charlotte/Electronic Bids.

## 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/S579v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S579v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S579v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S579v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S579v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-158** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S579v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Goodall — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Pittenger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-02** Ch. SL 2007-158 `became-law`
- **2007-07-02** Ratified
- **2007-06-28** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-27** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2007
- **2007-06-27** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-06-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-26** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-25** Postponed To 6/26/2007
- **2007-06-21** Placed On Cal For 6/25/2007
- **2007-06-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-02** Ref To Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-07** Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship `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/3a645b6d-ac86-4386-ba1b-bbfdf3ed4e02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).