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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Clarifying Changes/Work First Program."
+description: "Clarifying Changes/Work First Program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2009"
+identifier: "HB 1280"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 1280 (2009)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "DHHS", "EMPLOYMENT", "EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMN.", "MINORS", "POVERTY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "WELFARE", "WORK FIRST", "REP. EARLE", "REP. HOWARD", "CHAPTERED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Howard"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2009-04-08"
+last_action: "2009-08-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d09c868-7f81-4ec0-b533-8a137a231110"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1280&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "9ed2c8f1057dae7f2f7717f2b9d2bfa07227227454abcb37fb143571a242b013"
+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 1280 (2009) — Clarifying Changes/Work First Program.
+
+## 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1280v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1280v1.pdf)
+3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1280v2.pdf)
+4. **SL2009-489** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1280v3.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **116–1** (pass) · lower
+- Second Reading — **45–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Howard — primary (person)
+- Earle — cosponsor (person)
+- Insko — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
+- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2009-08-26** Ch. SL 2009-489 `became-law`
+- **2009-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2009 `executive-signature`
+- **2009-08-05** Pres. To Gov. 8/5/2009 `executive-receipt`
+- **2009-08-04** Ratified
+- **2009-08-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2009-07-30** Placed On Cal For 8/3/2009
+- **2009-07-30** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2009-07-23** Ref To Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
+- **2009-07-22** Rec From House
+- **2009-07-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2009-07-21** Placed On Cal For 7/22/2009
+- **2009-07-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2009-07-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2009-07-08** Assigned To Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2009-05-07** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2009-05-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2009-04-09** Ref to the Com on Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2009-04-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-04-08** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d09c868-7f81-4ec0-b533-8a137a231110`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+