---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Take Cape Fear Locks/Dams 1, 2, and 3."
description: "State Take Cape Fear Locks/Dams 1, 2, and 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 2785"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2785 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "DAMS", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LAKES & RIVERS", "LOCAL", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "TITLE CHANGE", "WATER RESOURCES", "REP. LUCAS", "BLADEN COUNTY", "CUMBERLAND COUNTY", "CAPE FEAR RIVER", "CHAPTERED", "REP. DICKSON", "REP. GLAZIER", "TAX COLLECTION", "REP. BRISSON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickson", "Glazier", "Lucas"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-28"
last_action: "2008-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72841d87-4bfc-4633-a528-7468fe6f5e0f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H2785&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2e16241a1ae7cc3122ae37337f8dd8c28de6073bef4b364cde8e8ae782602f5a"
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 2785 (2007) — State Take Cape Fear Locks/Dams 1, 2, and 3.

## 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/H2785v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2785v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2785v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2785v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2785v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2785v5.pdf)
7. **SL2008-186** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2785v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- M11 Concur — **110–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dickson — primary (person)
- Glazier — primary (person)
- Lucas — primary (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- McAllister — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-08-07** Ch. SL 2008-186 `became-law`
- **2008-08-07** Signed By Gov. 8/7/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-16** Pres. To Gov. 7/16/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-16** Ratified
- **2008-07-16** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-15** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2008
- **2008-07-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-15** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-07-14** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2008-07-14** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2008-07-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-07-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-25** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2008-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-12** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-12** Rec From House
- **2008-06-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-10** Placed On Cal For 6/11/2008
- **2008-06-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-06-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-05** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-29** Ref to the Com on Local Government I, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-05-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72841d87-4bfc-4633-a528-7468fe6f5e0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).