---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gruber Confirmation."
description: "Gruber Confirmation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HJR 1976"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 1976 (2007)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "EMPLOYMENT", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "PERSONNEL", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "REP. SAUNDERS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-05-08"
last_action: "2007-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce691dbc-a290-4844-adbf-c60e1243e962"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1976&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d2ee45742fea97d454aefc0b098ca81b0023f083350bd3dcda69f564aa04c3eb"
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 HJR 1976 (2007) — Gruber Confirmation.

## 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/H1976v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1976v1.pdf)
3. **Res 2007-48** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1976v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Saunders — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-26** Ch. Res 2007-48 `became-law`
- **2007-06-26** Ratified
- **2007-06-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-21** Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-21** Rec From House
- **2007-05-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-16** Placed On Cal For 5/17/2007
- **2007-05-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-09** Ref To Com On Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce691dbc-a290-4844-adbf-c60e1243e962`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).