---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying Changes to State Law."
description: "Clarifying Changes to State Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 274"
citation: "North Carolina HB 274 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMIN. HEARINGS OFFICE", "BANKING COMN.", "BANKS", "BUSES", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COMMISSIONS", "COURTS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS", "FOOD SERVICES", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "GENERAL STATUTES", "GENERAL STATUTES COMN.", "HEALTH SERVICES", "PUBLIC HEALTH COMN.", "HOSPITALS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MEDIATION & ARBITRATION", "MEDICAID", "MEMBERSHIP", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "POVERTY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELESERVICES", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ROSS", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 10
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-24"
last_action: "2009-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abe2ae02-f33d-4960-ae59-6d0dc1605446"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H274&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3a1d1b547331ba0cb9a178facb76e4a9d55425122dd66b144d8d79b106047fb7"
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 274 (2009) — Clarifying Changes to State Law.

## 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/H274v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARO-43-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/247/0/H274-ARO-43-V-2)
3. **A2: ASQ-114-V-6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/248/0/H274-ASQ-114-V-6)
4. **A3: ATC-54-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/249/0/H274-ATC-54-V-1)
5. **A4: ASQ-113-V-6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/250/0/H274-ASQ-113-V-6)
6. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H274v1.pdf)
7. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H274v2.pdf)
8. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H274v3.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H274v4.pdf)
10. **SL2009-550** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H274v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Not Concur — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- M11 Concur — **113–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-28** Ch. SL 2009-550 `became-law`
- **2009-08-28** Signed By Gov. 8/28/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-11** Pres. To Gov. 8/11/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-11** Ratified
- **2009-08-10** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-10** Placed On Cal For 8/10/2009
- **2009-08-10** Conf Com Withdrawn/dismi
- **2009-08-07** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-08-06** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-08-06** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-08-06** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-08-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-08-06** Amend Adopted #4 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-06** Amend Adopted #3 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-06** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-06** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-08-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-24** Rec From House
- **2009-03-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-03-18** Placed On Cal For 3/19/2009
- **2009-03-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-03-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-12** Re-ref Com On Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-25** Ref to the Com on Judiciary I, if favorable, Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abe2ae02-f33d-4960-ae59-6d0dc1605446`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).