---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase Spousal Year's Allowance/Conform Lng."
description: "Increase Spousal Year's Allowance/Conform Lng."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 312"
citation: "North Carolina HB 312 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ESTATES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. MCLAWHORN", "CHAPTERED", "REP. SPEAR", "REP. HURLEY", "REP. RANDLEMAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hurley", "Randleman", "Spear"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-25"
last_action: "2009-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9cf82e5-7c37-48a7-8d36-42d481563065"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H312&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c390a1fc507da9bc68609f75ff45044fc347cd82597baa29a975b4300928c068"
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 312 (2009) — Increase Spousal Year's Allowance/Conform Lng.

## 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/H312v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H312v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H312v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H312v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-183** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H312v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hurley — primary (person)
- Randleman — primary (person)
- Spear — primary (person)
- Allred — cosponsor (person)
- Blust — cosponsor (person)
- Brubaker — cosponsor (person)
- Burr — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Current — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Guice — cosponsor (person)
- Justus — cosponsor (person)
- K. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Killian — cosponsor (person)
- Langdon — cosponsor (person)
- McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Mobley — cosponsor (person)
- Sager — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Stam — cosponsor (person)
- Steen — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Tillis — cosponsor (person)
- Wiley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-26** Ch. SL 2009-183 `became-law`
- **2009-06-26** Signed By Gov. 6/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-17** Pres. To Gov. 6/17/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-16** Ratified
- **2009-06-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-27** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-27** Rec From House
- **2009-04-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-22** Placed On Cal For 4/23/2009
- **2009-04-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-04-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-06** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-26** Ref to the Com on Judiciary II, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9cf82e5-7c37-48a7-8d36-42d481563065`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).