---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Veterans Preference."
description: "Clarify Veterans Preference."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1412"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1412 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "EMPLOYMENT", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "VETERANS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MARTIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-04-11"
last_action: "2007-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e685e61-280b-427e-8524-e7d2b0b34562"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1412&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b38bf79ba643b316f8f82fc4319f686bba7b1bfe73ee3fd0de7a719d8ddaf4f6"
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 1412 (2007) — Clarify Veterans Preference.

## 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/H1412v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1412v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1412v2.pdf)
4. **SL2007-286** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1412v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **110–2** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Martin — primary (person)
- Boylan — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-27** Ch. SL 2007-286 `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** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-22** Ref To Com On State & Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-22** Rec From House
- **2007-05-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-17** Placed On Cal For 5/21/2007
- **2007-05-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-18** Re-ref Com On State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-12** Ref to the Com on Homeland Security, Military and Veterans Affairs and, if favorable, to the Com on State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e685e61-280b-427e-8524-e7d2b0b34562`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).