---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Gov't Acctability/Internal Control Act."
description: "State Gov't Acctability/Internal Control Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1551"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1551 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUDITING & AUDITS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "STATE AUDITOR", "STATE CONTROLLER", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GOFORTH", "REP. UNDERHILL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Underhill"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-04-17"
last_action: "2007-08-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f46d53ff-ee25-4601-a2cf-33285624230b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1551&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ee47cb7d9573b5d2d6d7da48be8055eef9c08725a11da9a8b9b233797e44835f"
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 1551 (2007) — State Gov't Acctability/Internal Control 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/H1551v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1551v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1551v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1551v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-520** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1551v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Underhill — primary (person)
- Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-31** Ch. SL 2007-520 `became-law`
- **2007-08-31** Signed By Gov. 8/31/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/2/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-02** Ratified
- **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`
- **2007-05-15** Ref To Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-15** Rec From House
- **2007-05-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-08** Placed On Cal For 5/9/2007
- **2007-05-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-18** Ref To Com On Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f46d53ff-ee25-4601-a2cf-33285624230b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).