---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agency/State CIO Dispute Resolution."
description: "Agency/State CIO Dispute Resolution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 876"
citation: "North Carolina SB 876 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OFFICE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "STATE CONTROLLER", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. COWELL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-15"
last_action: "2007-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/573f33fc-2868-40cc-912d-07d694985ed7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S876&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2d28e7c41d9bfb870d2aacd08c54ef09f70e4c1bd7ada7c95ab5afe94f01c688"
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 876 (2007) — Agency/State CIO Dispute Resolution.

## 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/S876v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S876v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S876v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S876v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-282** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S876v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Cowell — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-27** Ch. SL 2007-282 `became-law`
- **2007-07-27** Signed By Gov. 7/27/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-16** Ratified
- **2007-07-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-11** Placed On Cal For 7/12/2007
- **2007-07-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-24** Ref To Com On Science and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-19** Ref To Com On Information Technology `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/573f33fc-2868-40cc-912d-07d694985ed7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).