---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulation of Golf Carts by Local Governments."
description: "Regulation of Golf Carts by Local Governments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 121"
citation: "North Carolina HB 121 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. WAINWRIGHT", "GASTON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. UNDERHILL", "UNREGULATED VEHICLES", "RIVER BEND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Underhill"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-11"
last_action: "2009-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4ec5352-2524-46f8-8364-83adcd7ba4ee"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H121&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "72bc970e85508d54b992a9437d1558879ed2fadccc88c83306bff38d1fcd299c"
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 121 (2009) — Regulation of Golf Carts by Local Governments.

## 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/H121v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H121v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H121v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H121v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H121v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-459** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H121v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Underhill — primary (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-07** Ch. SL 2009-459 `became-law`
- **2009-08-07** Signed By Gov. 8/7/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-31** Pres. To Gov. 7/31/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-30** Ratified
- **2009-07-30** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-29** Placed On Cal For 7/30/2009
- **2009-07-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-29** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-21** Ref To Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-21** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-07-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-07-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-07-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-24** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-24** Ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-24** Rec From House
- **2009-03-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-03-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-03-18** Placed On Cal For 3/19/2009
- **2009-03-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-03-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-25** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-12** Ref to the Com on Local Government I, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4ec5352-2524-46f8-8364-83adcd7ba4ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).