---
type: "Bill"
title: "Up Penalties Cross Burn/Illeg. to Hang Noose."
description: "Up Penalties Cross Burn/Illeg. to Hang Noose."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 685"
citation: "North Carolina SB 685 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "CRIMES", "DEATH & DYING", "DHHS", "DISCRIMINATION", "FINES & PENALTIES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GUARDIANSHIP", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMN.", "MINORITIES", "POWER OF ATTORNEY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. KINNAIRD", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-12"
last_action: "2008-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e2cee51-dbaa-4030-9853-f857e67b0d9c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S685&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f217454322f1f8fce3ef5c06ff9e15b1524633d25982f5d103799d8884aa459b"
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 685 (2007) — Up Penalties Cross Burn/Illeg. to Hang Noose.

## 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/S685v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S685v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S685v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S685v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S685v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S685v5.pdf)
7. **SL2008-197** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S685v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **41–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-08-08** Ch. SL 2008-197 `became-law`
- **2008-08-08** Signed By Gov. 8/8/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-18** Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-18** Ratified
- **2008-07-17** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2008
- **2008-07-17** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2008-07-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2008
- **2008-07-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-16** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-07-16** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2008-07-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2008-07-15** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2008
- **2008-07-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-07-14** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2008-07-14** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2007-05-29** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `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** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-05-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-15** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-15** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2007-03-13** Ref To Com On Judiciary l (Civil) `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e2cee51-dbaa-4030-9853-f857e67b0d9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).