---
type: "Bill"
title: "No Felon as Sheriff."
description: "No Felon as Sheriff."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1307"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1307 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "CONSTITUTION", "NC", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "CRIMES", "ELECTIONS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "MEMBERSHIP", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES", "SHERIFFS", "SPEAKER", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. SUTTON", "CHAPTERED", "SMUGGLING", "PRESCRIPTION TRAFFICKING STUDY COMN."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-08"
last_action: "2010-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba75d0a3-59e1-4bea-8aa6-eec5e855958b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1307&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "20daccef278e6926c8e8dc2f1487c8c5ce03bce51decffeb63224bdcb9fc4bdc"
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 1307 (2009) — No Felon as Sheriff.

## 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/H1307v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALB-45-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1001/0/H1307-ALB-45-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1307v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1307v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1307v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1307v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1307v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1307v6.pdf)
9. **SL2010-49** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1307v7.pdf)

## Votes

- R3 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- R2 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sutton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-01** Ch. SL 2010-49 `became-law`
- **2010-07-01** Ratified
- **2010-07-01** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2010-06-30** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2010-06-29** Placed On Cal For 6/30/2010
- **2010-06-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-06-29** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-24** Com Sub Ruled Material
- **2010-06-24** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2010-06-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2010-06-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-06-23** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2010
- **2010-06-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-06-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-20** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-13** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2009
- **2009-05-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-11** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `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/ba75d0a3-59e1-4bea-8aa6-eec5e855958b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).