---
type: "Bill"
title: "Job Maintenance and Capital Development Fund."
description: "Job Maintenance and Capital Development Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007E1"
identifier: "HB 4"
citation: "North Carolina HB 4 (2007E1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGETING", "COMMERCE", "COMMERCE DEPT.", "COMMITTEES", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "EMPLOYMENT", "FUNDING", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GRANTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "REP. LUCAS", "REP. MCALLISTER", "REP. TOLSON", "CHAPTERED", "ECONOMIC INVESTMENT COMM.", "REP. DICKSON", "REP. FARMER-BUTTERFIELD", "REP. GLAZIER", "REP. WILLIAMS", "REP. BRISSON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickson", "Glazier", "Lucas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-09-11"
last_action: "2007-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abc6747c-9749-48fe-963e-e6396427ea69"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007E1&BillID=H4&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f54b17d6b29f0c70570cb4c299290a6099ed0518334e80d1d6b8ac32cdf04a3c"
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 HB 4 (2007E1) — Job Maintenance and Capital Development Fund.

## 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/2007E1/Bills/House/PDF/H4v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007E1/Bills/House/PDF/H4v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007E1/Bills/House/PDF/H4v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007E1/Bills/House/PDF/H4v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-552** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007E1/Bills/House/PDF/H4v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **25–16** (pass) · upper
- Motion 2\Prev Question — **27–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dickson — primary (person)
- Glazier — primary (person)
- Lucas — primary (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- McAllister — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-09-11** Ch. SL 2007-552 `became-law`
- **2007-09-11** Signed By Gov. 9/11/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-09-11** Pres. To Gov. 9/11/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-09-11** Ratified
- **2007-09-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** Amend 1 Not Germane
- **2007-09-11** Placed On Cal For 9/11/2007
- **2007-09-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-09-11** Ref To Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2007-09-11** Rec From House
- **2007-09-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** Amend Failed #2 `amendment-failure`
- **2007-09-11** Amend Failed #1 `amendment-failure`
- **2007-09-11** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2007-09-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-09-11** Ref To Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2007-09-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-09-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abc6747c-9749-48fe-963e-e6396427ea69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).