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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Videoconference Tech. in Court Proceedings."
+description: "Videoconference Tech. in Court Proceedings."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2009"
+identifier: "HB 1438"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 1438 (2009)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AOC", "CORRECTION DEPT.", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "COURTS", "JUDICIAL DEPT.", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELESERVICES", "CHAPTERED", "ELECTRONIC & OTHER MEDIA", "REP. SPEAR"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["R. Warren", "Spear", "Sutton"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2009-04-09"
+last_action: "2009-07-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01dc9c3b-5f5f-41be-81a1-8e675e915dba"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1438&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "17fe407d281a1803a2771745d3fd2b82f173d4b6b8e064a47bdb533a333a78f2"
+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 1438 (2009) — Videoconference Tech. in Court Proceedings.
+
+## 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/H1438v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1438v1.pdf)
+3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1438v2.pdf)
+4. **SL2009-270** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1438v3.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **46–1** (pass) · upper
+- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- R. Warren — primary (person)
+- Spear — primary (person)
+- Sutton — primary (person)
+- Braxton — cosponsor (person)
+- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
+- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
+- E. Warren — cosponsor (person)
+- Faison — cosponsor (person)
+- Guice — cosponsor (person)
+- Haire — cosponsor (person)
+- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
+- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
+- Love — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
+- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
+- Randleman — cosponsor (person)
+- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
+- Steen — cosponsor (person)
+- Stewart — cosponsor (person)
+- Tucker — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Wray — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2009-07-10** Ch. SL 2009-270 `became-law`
+- **2009-07-10** Signed By Gov. 7/10/2009 `executive-signature`
+- **2009-07-02** Pres. To Gov. 7/2/2009 `executive-receipt`
+- **2009-07-01** Ratified
+- **2009-06-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2009-06-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2009-05-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
+- **2009-05-12** Rec From House
+- **2009-05-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2009-05-07** Placed On Cal For 5/11/2009
+- **2009-05-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2009-05-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2009-04-29** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
+- **2009-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2009-04-13** Ref to the Com on Science and Technology, if favorable, Judiciary II `referral-committee`
+- **2009-04-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-04-09** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01dc9c3b-5f5f-41be-81a1-8e675e915dba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+