---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sex Offenders/Permanent No Contact Order."
description: "Sex Offenders/Permanent No Contact Order."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1255"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1255 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "FISCAL NOTES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "SEX OFFENSES", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. HOLLOWAY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holloway", "Underhill", "Wiley"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-08"
last_action: "2009-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79b6e4a5-d290-4dca-bb4d-4d921d4c66db"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1255&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3636027d22c5cca3d010341456fc624ebc358f1a2897be1ed59420479681b8af"
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 1255 (2009) — Sex Offenders/Permanent No Contact Order.

## 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/H1255v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMA-22-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/941/0/H1255-AMA-22-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1255v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1255v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1255v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1255v4.pdf)
7. **SL2009-380** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1255v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Holloway — primary (person)
- Underhill — primary (person)
- Wiley — primary (person)
- Blackwood — cosponsor (person)
- Blust — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Guice — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Justice — cosponsor (person)
- Justus — cosponsor (person)
- Langdon — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Neumann — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Spear — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-31** Ch. SL 2009-380 `became-law`
- **2009-07-31** Signed By Gov. 7/31/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-22** Pres. To Gov. 7/22/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-21** Ratified
- **2009-07-20** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/20/2009
- **2009-07-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-16** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-07-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-07-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-14** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-13** Placed On Cal For 5/14/2009
- **2009-05-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-23** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-09** Ref to the Com on Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity, if favorable, Judiciary III `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/79b6e4a5-d290-4dca-bb4d-4d921d4c66db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).