---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit Smoking in Certain Public Places."
description: "Prohibit Smoking in Certain Public Places."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 2"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDINGS", "COUNTIES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FOOD SERVICES", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "HEALTH DEPTS.", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "STATE BUILDINGS", "TOBACCO", "REP. HOLLIMAN", "CHAPTERED", "PUBLIC BUILDINGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glazier", "Holliman", "Weiss"]
version_count: 16
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-01-28"
last_action: "2009-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/509051c9-c48f-4561-bc7c-7de6b57d2ccb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H2&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4a42819cf0a5a0fd01f89ee8b229698106a21262d441d8f913b8ffa90c4719cd"
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 2 (2009) — Prohibit Smoking in Certain Public Places.

## 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/H2v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARG-9-V-7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/42/0/H2-ARG-9-V-7)
3. **A2: ALN-92-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/51/0/H2-ALN-92-V-2)
4. **A2: ARD-12-V-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/43/0/H2-ARD-12-V-5)
5. **A3: ARG-5-V-6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/44/0/H2-ARG-5-V-6)
6. **A5: ARD-13-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/46/0/H2-ARD-13-V-1)
7. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H2v1.pdf)
8. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H2v2.pdf)
9. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H2v3.pdf)
10. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H2v4.pdf)
11. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H2v5.pdf)
12. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H2v6.pdf)
13. **Edition 7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H2v7.pdf)
14. **Edition 8** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H2v8.pdf)
15. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H2v9.pdf)
16. **SL2009-27** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H2v10.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **62–56** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **30–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Glazier — primary (person)
- Holliman — primary (person)
- Weiss — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Bordsen — cosponsor (person)
- Burris-Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Dickson — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Mackey — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Neumann — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Yongue — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-05-19** Ch. SL 2009-27 `became-law`
- **2009-05-19** Signed By Gov. 5/19/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-05-15** Pres. To Gov. 5/15/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-05-14** Ratified
- **2009-05-13** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2009
- **2009-05-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-12** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-05-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-05-11** Amend Failed #3 `amendment-failure`
- **2009-05-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-07** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-07** Amend Failed #1 `amendment-failure`
- **2009-05-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-05** Re-ref Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-05** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-04-30** Placed On Cal For 5/6/2009
- **2009-04-30** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-04-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-04-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-06** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-06** Rec From House
- **2009-04-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-04-02** Amend Failed 6 `amendment-failure`
- **2009-04-02** Amend Adopted 5 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-04-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-04-01** Amend Adopted 4 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-04-01** Amend Adopted 3 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-04-01** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-04-01** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-26** Postponed To 4/1/2009
- **2009-03-25** Placed On Cal For 3/26/2009
- **2009-03-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-03-25** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-03** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-12** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-01-29** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2009-01-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-01-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/509051c9-c48f-4561-bc7c-7de6b57d2ccb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).