---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit Restricting Newspaper Distribution."
description: "Prohibit Restricting Newspaper Distribution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 942"
citation: "North Carolina SB 942 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING", "COMMUNICATIONS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEDIA", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SIGNS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "SEN. DALTON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-19"
last_action: "2008-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/403a5c22-de0a-421a-8d86-631a1948e90f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S942&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "503dc970230df2a4fe864b13de289a753bd615a1554b988946eaf255201f1051"
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 942 (2007) — Prohibit Restricting Newspaper Distribution.

## 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/S942v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S942v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S942v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S942v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S942v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S942v5.pdf)
7. **SL2008-223** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S942v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **85–27** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **42–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-08-17** Ch. SL 2008-223 `became-law`
- **2008-08-17** Signed By Gov. 8/17/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/16/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-16** Ratified
- **2008-07-15** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2008
- **2008-07-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2008-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2008
- **2008-07-10** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2008-07-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-10** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2008
- **2008-07-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-23** Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-05-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-20** Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/403a5c22-de0a-421a-8d86-631a1948e90f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).