---
type: "Bill"
title: "DNA Evidence/Preserve & Access by Defendant."
description: "DNA Evidence/Preserve & Access by Defendant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1500"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1500 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIOTECHNOLOGY", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "EVIDENCE", "GENETICS", "ID SYSTEMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TESTING", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GLAZIER", "REP. ROSS", "DNA"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glazier"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-04-16"
last_action: "2007-08-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d861b9b-7115-4e82-8776-90c676a33ff9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1500&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b2efc02a134956593a40aa7414bebb4ed434f9360349c9dd339956ff073ce93a"
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 1500 (2007) — DNA Evidence/Preserve & Access by Defendant.

## 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/H1500v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1500v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1500v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1500v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1500v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-539** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1500v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Glazier — primary (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-31** Ch. SL 2007-539 `became-law`
- **2007-08-31** Signed By Gov. 8/31/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-24** Pres. To Gov. 7/24/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-24** Ratified
- **2007-07-23** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/23/2007
- **2007-07-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-19** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-07-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-07-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-16** Rec From House
- **2007-05-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-14** Placed On Cal For 5/15/2007
- **2007-05-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-17** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d861b9b-7115-4e82-8776-90c676a33ff9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).