---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permit Access to Capital Defendants."
description: "Permit Access to Capital Defendants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1037"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1037 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "CAPITAL PUNISHMENT", "CORRECTION DEPT.", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GLAZIER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blue", "Glazier", "Ross"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-02"
last_action: "2009-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5dcfa9d2-ee36-4faa-95a8-41ecd199fbd8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1037&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "bba0579ee1e5ae280c0eaed4d3c7e94ee9e688bf86b0e4f9ab7392426b41da08"
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 1037 (2009) — Permit Access to Capital Defendants.

## 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/H1037v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1037v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1037v2.pdf)
4. **SL2009-91** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1037v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blue — primary (person)
- Glazier — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- E. Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Mackey — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-11** Ch. SL 2009-91 `became-law`
- **2009-06-11** Signed By Gov. 6/11/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-03** Pres. To Gov. 6/3/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-02** Ratified
- **2009-06-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-30** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-30** Rec From House
- **2009-04-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-27** Placed On Cal For 4/28/2009
- **2009-04-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-04-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-14** Re-ref Com On Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-06** Ref to the Com on Judiciary II, if favorable, Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5dcfa9d2-ee36-4faa-95a8-41ecd199fbd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).