---
type: "Bill"
title: "Honor Robert Ruark."
description: "Honor Robert Ruark."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SJR 1571"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 1571 (2007)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["AWARDS", "HONORS & MEMORIALS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED", "RUARK", "ROBERT CHESTER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-07-26"
last_action: "2007-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a471a4cb-8db1-41c5-aa9b-a266064dff53"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1571&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8a9d85c19bf6d5de9bd29be4282697dcc655cab2c6f9592783469fdfe8375c28"
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 1571 (2007) — Honor Robert Ruark.

## 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/S1571v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1571v1.pdf)
3. **Res 2007-66** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1571v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **106–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-01** Ch. Res 2007-66 `became-law`
- **2007-08-01** Ratified
- **2007-07-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-31** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2007
- **2007-07-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-07-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-27** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2007
- **2007-07-27** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2007-07-26** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a471a4cb-8db1-41c5-aa9b-a266064dff53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).