republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2007/sb-942.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Prohibit Restricting Newspaper Distribution.	Prohibit Restricting Newspaper Distribution.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2007	SB 942	North Carolina SB 942 (2007)	bill	ADVERTISING COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEDIA PRESENTED PUBLIC RATIFIED ROADS & HIGHWAYS SIGNS TITLE CHANGE TRANSPORTATION SEN. DALTON CHAPTERED	enacted		7	21	2	2007-03-19	2008-08-17	openstates	ocd-bill/403a5c22-de0a-421a-8d86-631a1948e90f	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S942&votesToView=all	503dc970230df2a4fe864b13de289a753bd615a1554b988946eaf255201f1051	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina SB 942 (2007) — Prohibit Restricting Newspaper Distribution.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. Edition 1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Edition 2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Edition 3 (committee substitute) — source
5. Edition 4 (committee substitute) — source
6. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
7. SL2008-223 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Second Reading — 85–27 (pass) · lower
• Motion 8\To Concur — 42–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dalton — cosponsor (person)
• McKissick — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2008-08-17 Ch. SL 2008-223 became-law
• 2008-08-17 Signed By Gov. 8/17/2008 executive-signature
• 2008-07-17 Pres. To Gov. 7/16/2008 executive-receipt
• 2008-07-16 Ratified
• 2008-07-15 Concurred In H/com Sub amendment-passage
• 2008-07-14 Placed On Cal For 7/15/2008
• 2008-07-14 Withdrawn From Cal
• 2008-07-10 Placed On Cal For 7/14/2008
• 2008-07-10 Rec To Concur H Com Sub
• 2008-07-10 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2008-07-10 Amend Adopted 1 amendment-passage
• 2008-07-09 Placed On Cal For 7/10/2008
• 2008-07-09 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2008-07-09 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2007-05-23 Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship referral-committee
• 2007-05-23 Passed 1st Reading reading-1
• 2007-05-21 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2007-05-17 Com Substitute Adopted
• 2007-05-17 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2007-03-20 Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship referral-committee
• 2007-03-19 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/403a5c22-de0a-421a-8d86-631a1948e90f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).