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type: "Bill"
title: "Legal Expense Funds."
description: "Legal Expense Funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1737"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1737 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "BOARDS", "CAMPAIGN FINANCE", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "OCCUPATIONS", "POVERTY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GOODWIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-04-18"
last_action: "2007-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab6ebff4-12ba-4a52-804b-1c154b88106a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1737&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f3ce6295659cc4ed07e7018021a8fe112a665d93bb6c2e5934f77328a72b42e4"
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 1737 (2007) — Legal Expense Funds.
## 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/H1737v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1737v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1737v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1737v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1737v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1737v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1737v6.pdf)
8. **SL2007-349** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1737v7.pdf)
## Votes
- C Rpt Adopt — **1040** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **350** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2007-08-09** Ch. SL 2007-349 `became-law`
- **2007-08-09** Signed By Gov. 8/9/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/3/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-02** Ratified
- **2007-08-02** Conf Report Adopted
- **2007-08-02** Conf Report Adopted
- **2007-08-02** Placed On Cal For 8/2/2007
- **2007-08-02** Conf Com Reported
- **2007-08-02** Placed On Cal For 8/2/2007
- **2007-08-02** Conf Com Reported
- **2007-08-01** Conf Com Appointed
- **2007-08-01** Conf Com Appointed
- **2007-08-01** Failed concur in S/Com Sub
- **2007-07-31** Placed On Cal For 8/1/2007
- **2007-07-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-31** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-07-31** Engrossed
- **2007-07-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-31** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-07-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-29** Ref To Com On Select Committee on Government and Election Reform `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-29** Rec From House
- **2007-05-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-05-24** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-24** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-22** Placed On Cal For 5/23/2007
- **2007-05-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-21** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-19** Ref to the Com on Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform and, if favorable, to the Com on Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-18** Filed `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab6ebff4-12ba-4a52-804b-1c154b88106a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).