---
type: "Bill"
title: "Small Business Contractor Act."
description: "Small Business Contractor Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1181"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1181 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "COMMERCE", "CONSTRUCTION", "CONTRACTS", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "COUNTIES", "EMPLOYMENT", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SESSION LAWS", "SMALL BUSINESSES", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "SURETY & FIDELITY", "TEACHERS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TSECMMP", "MITCHELL COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FRYE", "SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTOR AUTHORITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-28"
last_action: "2007-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/642ff5cd-3721-4710-a555-546f5c1c15da"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1181&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b077a98e7ffc1560365a8d52754869c7e293227edbdef94743edfbf9d33cdf58"
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 1181 (2007) — Small Business Contractor Act.

## 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/House/PDF/H1181v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1181v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1181v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1181v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1181v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-441** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1181v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-23** Ch. SL 2007-441 `became-law`
- **2007-08-23** Signed By Gov. 8/23/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/2/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-02** Ratified
- **2007-08-02** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-01** Placed On Cal For 8/2/2007
- **2007-08-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-08-01** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-08-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-08-01** Placed On Cal For 8/1/2007
- **2007-08-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-08-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-31** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-31** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2007-05-29** Ref To Com On Select Committee on Employee Hospital and Medical Benefits `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-29** Rec From House
- **2007-05-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-24** Placed On Cal For 5/24/2007
- **2007-05-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-17** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-29** Ref to the Com on Local Government II and, if favorable, to the Com on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/642ff5cd-3721-4710-a555-546f5c1c15da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).