---
type: "Bill"
title: "Study Existing Children/Youth Programs."
description: "Study Existing Children/Youth Programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 659"
citation: "North Carolina HB 659 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMITTEES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LEGISLATIVE SERVICES OFFICE", "MANAGEMENT", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "STUDIES", "REP. M. ALEXANDER", "REP. EARLE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. BORDSEN", "PROGRAM EVALUATION COMM.", "PROGRAM EVALUATION DIVISION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bordsen", "Earle", "M. Alexander"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-18"
last_action: "2009-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0085b947-74c3-45ae-9e2c-b5e7dfd3a5e7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H659&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "cd745371382dcaf950bce54e97ef7e536699e1dfb6514187634cea98456cd6ad"
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 659 (2009) — Study Existing Children/Youth Programs.

## 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/H659v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H659v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H659v2.pdf)
4. **SL2009-126** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H659v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **116–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bordsen — primary (person)
- Earle — primary (person)
- M. Alexander — primary (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Randleman — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Sager — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-19** Ch. SL 2009-126 `became-law`
- **2009-06-19** Signed By Gov. 6/19/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-11** Pres. To Gov. 6/11/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-10** Ratified
- **2009-06-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-04** Placed On Cal For 6/9/2009
- **2009-06-04** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-16** Ref To Com On Mental Health & Youth Services `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-16** Rec From House
- **2009-04-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-14** Placed On Cal For 4/15/2009
- **2009-04-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-04-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-19** Ref To Com On Juvenile Justice `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0085b947-74c3-45ae-9e2c-b5e7dfd3a5e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).