---
type: "Bill"
title: "Absentee Voting Changes."
description: "Absentee Voting Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 614"
citation: "North Carolina HB 614 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GLAZIER", "REP. MARTIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glazier", "Martin", "McLawhorn"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-16"
last_action: "2010-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/093835cb-8a8c-4c20-bc93-ed602ed1e5dd"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H614&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5e441db7e97f9c96ca3076138e12a79aaafa45887f8e32efc89219f8f05a27f5"
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 614 (2009) — Absentee Voting Changes.

## 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/H614v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALB-43-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/458/0/H614-ALB-43-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H614v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H614v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H614v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H614v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H614v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H614v6.pdf)
9. **SL2010-192** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H614v7.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Glazier — primary (person)
- Martin — primary (person)
- McLawhorn — primary (person)
- Current — cosponsor (person)
- Dickson — cosponsor (person)
- E. Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- E. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Killian — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-08-04** Ch. SL 2010-192 `became-law`
- **2010-08-04** Signed By Gov. 8/4/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-08** Pres. To Gov. 7/8/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-08** Ratified
- **2010-07-07** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-06** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2010
- **2010-07-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-07-06** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-30** Ref To Com On Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-30** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2010-06-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-06-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-06-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-11** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-11** Rec From House
- **2009-05-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-07** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Placed On Cal For 5/7/2009
- **2009-05-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-06** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-08** Re-ref Com On Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-17** Ref to the Com on Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform, if favorable, Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/093835cb-8a8c-4c20-bc93-ed602ed1e5dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).