---
type: "Bill"
title: "Greensboro/Restore Zoning Protest Rights."
description: "Greensboro/Restore Zoning Protest Rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 64"
citation: "North Carolina HB 64 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "GUILFORD COUNTY", "GREENSBORO", "CHAPTERED", "REP. HARRISON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Harrison", "Jeffus"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2009-02-04"
last_action: "2009-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ea13053-cb42-41ed-893a-0e9d52c17925"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H64&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b1e18fbb3a66fa4bedf67d5303c8e160db7f719cb55c157bd968d5d1532323b3"
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 64 (2009) — Greensboro/Restore Zoning Protest Rights.

## 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/H64v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H64v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H64v2.pdf)
4. **SL2009-4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H64v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Jeffus — primary (person)
- Blust — cosponsor (person)
- Wiley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-03-05** Ch. SL 2009-4 `became-law`
- **2009-03-05** Ratified
- **2009-03-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-03-04** Placed On Cal For 3/4/2009
- **2009-03-04** Rec From House
- **2009-03-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-03-02** Postponed To 3/3/2009
- **2009-02-26** Placed On Cal For 3/2/2009
- **2009-02-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-02-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-18** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-02-18** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-12** Ref to the Com on Local Government II, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-02-05** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ea13053-cb42-41ed-893a-0e9d52c17925`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).