---
type: "Bill"
title: "Builder Designations/General Contractors."
description: "Builder Designations/General Contractors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 747"
citation: "North Carolina SB 747 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CONSTRUCTION", "GENERAL CONTRACTORS BOARD", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-13"
last_action: "2007-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee867cba-32f1-4939-84ab-390a4090b9c7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S747&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "36b5b99f80eb66410ef64277fdb2ca911d9b00273724e6495fc4a47d54d0e09a"
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 747 (2007) — Builder Designations/General Contractors.

## 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/S747v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S747v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S747v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S747v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-417** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S747v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-21** Ch. SL 2007-417 `became-law`
- **2007-08-21** Signed By Gov. 8/21/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-28** Pres. To Gov. 7/28/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-28** Ratified
- **2007-07-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-25** Placed On Cal For 7/26/2007
- **2007-07-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-29** Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship `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`
- **2007-03-14** Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee867cba-32f1-4939-84ab-390a4090b9c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).