---
type: "Bill"
title: "Secretary of State Notify Electors."
description: "Secretary of State Notify Electors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 170"
citation: "North Carolina HB 170 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNCIL OF STATE", "ELECTIONS", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "NATIONAL ELECTIONS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. TARLETON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tarleton"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-17"
last_action: "2009-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f37f9fe-c85d-4fa6-8475-89138354873f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H170&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7fe6224a00aafc2827b3df0ff6f753192e9d6b76da116ec67674621537158b64"
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 170 (2009) — Secretary of State Notify Electors.

## 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/H170v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARF-4-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/184/0/H170-ARF-4-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H170v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H170v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H170v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H170v4.pdf)
7. **SL2009-96** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H170v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Sen. Amend. 1\M11 Concur — **104–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tarleton — primary (person)
- E. Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- R. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Spear — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-11** Ch. SL 2009-96 `became-law`
- **2009-06-11** Signed By Gov. 6/11/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-04** Pres. To Gov. 6/4/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-03** Ratified
- **2009-06-02** Concurred In S Amend 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-01** Placed On Cal For 6/2/2009
- **2009-06-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-01** Serial referral to Judiciary I is stricken.
- **2009-06-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-05-26** Re-ref to the Com on Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-26** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2009-05-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-19** Placed On Cal For 5/21/2009
- **2009-05-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-05-19** Com Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-19** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-15** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-15** Rec From House
- **2009-04-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-13** Placed On Cal For 4/14/2009
- **2009-04-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-04-09** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-19** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-18** Ref to the Com on Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f37f9fe-c85d-4fa6-8475-89138354873f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).