---
type: "Bill"
title: "Educate the Public About Cord Blood Banking."
description: "Educate the Public About Cord Blood Banking."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1331"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1331 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DHHS", "HEALTH EDUCATION", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HUMAN BLOOD & ORGANS", "PREGNANCY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "WOMEN", "CHAPTERED", "REP. DICKSON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-08"
last_action: "2009-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a652eef8-6a46-47eb-bf0d-a3faae451b65"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1331&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a5691e6c67779c8f5811d4b82743d66cedf9f32815dfefaa5d8f70355b886cbd"
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 1331 (2009) — Educate the Public About Cord Blood Banking.

## 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/H1331v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1331v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1331v2.pdf)
4. **SL2009-67** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1331v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dickson — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-08** Ch. SL 2009-67 `became-law`
- **2009-06-08** Signed By Gov. 6/8/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-02** Pres. To Gov. 6/2/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-01** Ratified
- **2009-05-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-14** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-11** Placed On Cal For 5/12/2009
- **2009-05-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-29** Re-ref Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-09** Ref to the Com on Science and Technology, if favorable, Health `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/a652eef8-6a46-47eb-bf0d-a3faae451b65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).