republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2007/hb-2431.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Studies Act of 2008."
description: "Studies Act of 2008."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 2431"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2431 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGING", "AGING STUDY COMN.", "AGRICULTURE", "ANNEXATION", "APPOINTMENTS", "AQUACULTURE", "ARMED FORCES", "BOARDS", "BOATING", "BUDGETING", "BUILDING CODE COUNCIL", "BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "CAPITAL PUNISHMENT", "CERTIFICATES OF NEED", "CHILD CUSTODY", "CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS", "CITIZENSHIP", "CLINICS", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMERCE", "COMMERCE DEPT.", "COMMISSIONS", "COMMITTEES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "CONSERVATION", "CONSUMER CREDIT", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "CORRECTION DEPT.", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "CORRECTIONS OVERSIGHT COMM.", "COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "CRIME CONTROL DEPT.", "CRIMES", "CURRICULUM", "DATA SYSTEMS", "DEATH & DYING", "DENTISTRY", "DHHS", "DISABLED PERSONS", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "DISEASES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION", "EDUCATION OVERSIGHT COMM.", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELECTRICITY", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMINENT DOMAIN", "EMPLOYMENT", "ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMN.", "ESTATES", "ETHICS", "FILM INDUSTRY", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "FISHERIES PRODUCTS", "FOSTER CARE", "FUELS", "FUNDING", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GENERAL STATUTES", "GENERAL STATUTES COMN.", "GEOGRAPHY", "GUARDIANSHIP", "HEALTH CARE OVERSIGHT COMM.", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "HOSPITALS", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE", "INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "LIFE", "JUVENILE CODE", "JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPT.", "LANDOWNERS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMN.", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEDICAL RECORDS", "MEMBERSHIP", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MHDDSAS OVERSIGHT COMM.", "MINORS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "NURSING HOMES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "PLANNING & ZONING", "POLLUTION", "POVERTY", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PRINCIPALS", "PRISONERS", "PRIVACY", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RACING", "RAILROADS", "RATIFIED", "RECREATION & LEISURE", "REPORTS", "RESPITE CARE", "RETIREMENT", "REVENUE LAWS STUDY COMM.", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SAFETY", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SEAFOOD & AQUACULTURE COMN.", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SENTENCING", "SESSION LAWS", "SEX OFFENSES", "SHERIFFS", "SMALL BUSINESSES", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SPEAKER", "SPORTS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STUDENTS", "STUDIES", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "FRANCHISE", "TEACHERS", "TOBACCO", "TOWING", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION OVERSIGHT COMM.", "UNC", "UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS", "URBAN DEVELOPMENT", "UTILITIES", "VOCATIONAL EDUCATION", "VOLUNTEERS", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "WATER RESOURCES", "WEAPONS", "REP. BARNHART", "REP. DAUGHTRY", "REP. KISER", "REP. MCCOMAS", "REP. WAINWRIGHT", "REP. WEST", "RECORDS", "LIABILITY", "GASTON COUNTY", "SUBSTANCE ABUSE", "HOMICIDE", "SUNSETS", "ALTERNATIVE FUELED VEHICLES", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GLAZIER", "REP. PATE", "REP. RAPP", "REP. WILLIAMS", "ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION", "REP. COLEMAN", "REP. MARTIN", "REP. UNDERHILL", "REP. WRAY", "ALTERNATIVE ENERGY", "ETHICS COMN.", "BOATS & WATERCRAFT", "RATE BUREAU", "REP. TILLIS", "GUARDIANSHIP LAWS STUDY COMN.", "NATIONAL GUARD PENSION FUND STUDY COMN.", "SCHOOL FUNDING STUDY COMM.", "PARTITION SALES STUDY COMM.", "DROPOUT PREVENTION COMN.", "EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COMM.", "URBAN GROWTH STUDY COMN.", "POVERTY REDUCTION STUDY COMN.", "CIVIL COMMITMENT OF SEXUAL PREDATORS COMM.", "ELECTED OFFICIALS COMPENSATION COMN.", "MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION STUDY COMN.", "EPILEPSY STUDY COMN.", "CIVIC EDUCATION STUDY COMN."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glazier", "Martin", "McComas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-21"
last_action: "2008-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df505bc0-04e0-4eb9-ae7a-88caa73e1f9f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H2431&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "410549cd5645e247bd6815ff4d9cbbc0c6c786ffa8c26cb65bd482215931bfa3"
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 2431 (2007) — Studies Act of 2008.

## 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/H2431v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2431v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2431v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2431v3.pdf)
5. **SL2008-181** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2431v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Glazier — primary (person)
- Martin — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Daughtry — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Justice — cosponsor (person)
- Kiser — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Tillis — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-08-04** Ch. SL 2008-181 `became-law`
- **2008-08-04** Signed By Gov. 8/4/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-18** Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-18** Ratified
- **2008-07-18** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2008
- **2008-07-18** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2008-07-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2008
- **2008-07-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-07-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-16** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-16** Rec From House
- **2008-06-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-11** Placed On Cal For 6/12/2008
- **2008-06-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-26** Ref To Com On Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-05-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df505bc0-04e0-4eb9-ae7a-88caa73e1f9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).