---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change Penalty for Hit and Run Violations."
description: "Change Penalty for Hit and Run Violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 944"
citation: "North Carolina SB 944 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "DMV", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "SEN. DALTON", "CHAPTERED", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-19"
last_action: "2008-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce710785-5257-4f7c-a6ff-74ce2c5a146c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S944&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "da4bc7e91a65e8558ab2070e4b64fafd2ef77bb2c1e92770af8e0ea07108f536"
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 944 (2007) — Change Penalty for Hit and Run Violations.

## 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/S944v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S944v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S944v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S944v3.pdf)
5. **SL2008-128** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S944v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dalton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-07-28** Ch. SL 2008-128 `became-law`
- **2008-07-28** Signed By Gov. 7/28/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-15** Pres. To Gov. 7/14/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-14** Ratified
- **2008-07-10** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2008
- **2008-07-09** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2008-07-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-07** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2008
- **2008-07-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-08-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-08-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-08-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-31** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2007
- **2007-07-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-01** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `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/ce710785-5257-4f7c-a6ff-74ce2c5a146c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).