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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Study Existing Children/Youth Programs."
+description: "Study Existing Children/Youth Programs."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2009"
+identifier: "HB 659"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 659 (2009)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COMMITTEES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LEGISLATIVE SERVICES OFFICE", "MANAGEMENT", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "STUDIES", "REP. M. ALEXANDER", "REP. EARLE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. BORDSEN", "PROGRAM EVALUATION COMM.", "PROGRAM EVALUATION DIVISION"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bordsen", "Earle", "M. Alexander"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2009-03-18"
+last_action: "2009-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0085b947-74c3-45ae-9e2c-b5e7dfd3a5e7"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H659&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "cd745371382dcaf950bce54e97ef7e536699e1dfb6514187634cea98456cd6ad"
+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 659 (2009) — Study Existing Children/Youth Programs.
+
+## 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/H659v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H659v1.pdf)
+3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H659v2.pdf)
+4. **SL2009-126** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H659v3.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **116–1** (pass) · lower
+- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bordsen — primary (person)
+- Earle — primary (person)
+- M. Alexander — primary (person)
+- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
+- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
+- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
+- Martin — cosponsor (person)
+- Randleman — cosponsor (person)
+- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
+- Sager — cosponsor (person)
+- Womble — cosponsor (person)
+- Wray — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2009-06-19** Ch. SL 2009-126 `became-law`
+- **2009-06-19** Signed By Gov. 6/19/2009 `executive-signature`
+- **2009-06-11** Pres. To Gov. 6/11/2009 `executive-receipt`
+- **2009-06-10** Ratified
+- **2009-06-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2009-06-04** Placed On Cal For 6/9/2009
+- **2009-06-04** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2009-06-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2009-04-16** Ref To Com On Mental Health & Youth Services `referral-committee`
+- **2009-04-16** Rec From House
+- **2009-04-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2009-04-14** Placed On Cal For 4/15/2009
+- **2009-04-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2009-04-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2009-03-19** Ref To Com On Juvenile Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2009-03-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-03-18** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0085b947-74c3-45ae-9e2c-b5e7dfd3a5e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+