---
type: "Bill"
title: "Investigations of Deadly Force."
description: "Investigations of Deadly Force."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1617"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1617 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "COURTS", "DEATH & DYING", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "INVESTIGATIONS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SBI", "REP. BARNHART", "REP. KISER", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GLAZIER", "REP. FAISON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barnhart", "Glazier", "Kiser"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-04-18"
last_action: "2007-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2798cef2-2c8b-4620-91e5-391383233a0b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1617&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0ffa24148c4dfa3a8beba01bf0d7b8542c39444b4db3343ed54f70ae4e438ca0"
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 1617 (2007) — Investigations of Deadly Force.

## 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/H1617v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1617v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1617v2.pdf)
4. **SL2007-129** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1617v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barnhart — primary (person)
- Glazier — primary (person)
- Kiser — primary (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-27** Ch. SL 2007-129 `became-law`
- **2007-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/27/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-22** Pres. To Gov. 6/22/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-21** Ratified
- **2007-06-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-09** Ref To Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-09** Rec From House
- **2007-05-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-05-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-03** Placed On Cal For 5/7/2007
- **2007-05-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2798cef2-2c8b-4620-91e5-391383233a0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).