---
type: "Bill"
title: "Apologize for Slavery."
description: "Apologize for Slavery."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SJR 1557"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 1557 (2007)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["DISCRIMINATION", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "MINORITIES", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-04-03"
last_action: "2007-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3d29a72-f4ca-4944-a6e1-dc0d57ecec16"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1557&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6bb0b1398a157c3218b7f7a555703008c3ee362fee200654fb2595b261289767"
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 SJR 1557 (2007) — Apologize for Slavery.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1557v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1557v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1557v2.pdf)
4. **Res 2007-21** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1557v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Basnight — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Rockingham — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Boseman — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Brunstetter — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Cowell — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Foriest — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Goss — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
- Preston — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-04-12** Ch. Res 2007-21 `became-law`
- **2007-04-12** Ratified
- **2007-04-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-10** Placed On Cal For 4/11/2007
- **2007-04-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-04-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-09** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-05** Engrossed
- **2007-04-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-05** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-05** Placed On Cal For 4/5/2007
- **2007-04-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3d29a72-f4ca-4944-a6e1-dc0d57ecec16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).