---
type: "Bill"
title: "Honor Dr. John McCain."
description: "Honor Dr. John McCain."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HJR 2801"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 2801 (2007)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["AWARDS", "HONORS & MEMORIALS", "COUNTIES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "WILSON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FARMER-BUTTERFIELD", "MCCAIN", "JOHN L."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farmer-Butterfield", "Lucas", "Tolson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-06-30"
last_action: "2008-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a52eb99-0f2a-4711-8493-d80f81bf7df2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H2801&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "38632fc221c33565cf92bc5637e44e07c4aa08a430153f74caf35d3943c1847c"
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 2801 (2007) — Honor Dr. John McCain.

## 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/H2801v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2801v1.pdf)
3. **Res 2008-29** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2801v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Farmer-Butterfield — primary (person)
- Lucas — primary (person)
- Tolson — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Blue — cosponsor (person)
- Bordsen — cosponsor (person)
- Braxton — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Church — cosponsor (person)
- Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Dickson — cosponsor (person)
- E. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- K. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- McAllister — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Michaux — cosponsor (person)
- Mobley — cosponsor (person)
- Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- R. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Saunders — cosponsor (person)
- Spear — cosponsor (person)
- Sutton — cosponsor (person)
- T. Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-07-16** Ch. Res 2008-29 `became-law`
- **2008-07-16** Ratified
- **2008-07-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-15** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2008
- **2008-07-15** Rec From House
- **2008-07-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2008
- **2008-07-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-07-01** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2008-07-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-06-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a52eb99-0f2a-4711-8493-d80f81bf7df2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).