---
type: "Bill"
title: "Comm. Coll. May Offer Safety Driving Course."
description: "Comm. Coll. May Offer Safety Driving Course."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 391"
citation: "North Carolina HB 391 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD", "CURRICULUM", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STUDENTS", "REP. DAUGHTRY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daughtry"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-03"
last_action: "2009-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d257d5cb-7940-4f0f-a748-ebc71d1d6f8f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H391&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6ecb84ee7618900dcdec5b7d8b2333ec0873b99b03c397ad7430bc9f2ece00d1"
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 391 (2009) — Comm. Coll. May Offer Safety Driving Course.

## 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/H391v0.pdf)
2. **29113945: ATC-11-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/2760/0/H391-ATC-11-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H391v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H391v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H391v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H391v4.pdf)
7. **SL2009-119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H391v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daughtry — primary (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Langdon — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-19** Ch. SL 2009-119 `became-law`
- **2009-06-19** Signed By Gov. 6/19/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-12** Pres. To Gov. 6/12/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-11** Ratified
- **2009-06-10** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/10/2009
- **2009-06-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-09** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-06-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-03** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-07** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-07** Rec From House
- **2009-04-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-02** Placed On Cal For 4/6/2009
- **2009-04-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-04-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-24** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-24** Com Amend Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-24** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-12** Assigned To Education Subcommittee on Community Colleges `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-04** Ref to the Com on Education, if favorable, Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d257d5cb-7940-4f0f-a748-ebc71d1d6f8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).