---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend CPA Criminal Punishment."
description: "Amend CPA Criminal Punishment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 777"
citation: "North Carolina SB 777 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCOUNTANTS", "ACCOUNTING", "BOARDS", "COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "CPA EXAMINERS BOARD", "CRIMES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. GOODALL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-14"
last_action: "2007-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a979a67d-cf71-46e2-8a27-5741bb2e48c9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S777&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4028e36df06bd6f30c0e09497929065981cd11068fff987eaadd3f57bfd67a19"
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 777 (2007) — Amend CPA Criminal Punishment.

## 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/S777v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S777v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S777v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S777v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S777v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-83** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S777v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Goodall — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-14** Ch. SL 2007-83 `became-law`
- **2007-06-14** Signed By Gov. 6/14/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-12** Pres. To Gov. 6/12/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-11** Ratified
- **2007-06-07** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-06** Placed On Cal For 6/7/2007
- **2007-06-06** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-06-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-04** Placed On Cal For 6/5/2007
- **2007-06-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-04-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-15** Ref To Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a979a67d-cf71-46e2-8a27-5741bb2e48c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).