---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mercury Switch Removal Prgm. Amends."
description: "Mercury Switch Removal Prgm. Amends."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1758"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1758 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "FEES", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECYCLING", "REPORTING", "SOLID WASTE", "TITLES", "TRANSPORTATION", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "REP. GIBSON", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ALLEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-04-18"
last_action: "2007-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f985997-9dd7-4dcf-ae2f-d21b7c1482c0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1758&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "75f218a5a1e9c7a6f7f4b96e9845eac4fd75f29cca6dc4a7c7dac98c7f2335dd"
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 1758 (2007) — Mercury Switch Removal Prgm. Amends.

## 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/H1758v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1758v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1758v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1758v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1758v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-142** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1758v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-29** Ch. SL 2007-142 `became-law`
- **2007-06-29** Signed By Gov. 6/29/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-28** Ratified
- **2007-06-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-22** Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship `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 Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-07** Re-ref Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-19** Ref to the Com on Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship and, if favorable, to the Com on Environment and Natural Resources `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/4f985997-9dd7-4dcf-ae2f-d21b7c1482c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).