---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modernize Do Not Call Notice Procedures."
description: "Modernize Do Not Call Notice Procedures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 686"
citation: "North Carolina HB 686 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "COMMERCE", "COMMUNICATIONS", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELEPHONE", "UTILITIES", "REP. TUCKER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Tolson", "Tucker"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-19"
last_action: "2009-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/386d476e-952d-4d97-919d-3f73efd7a017"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H686&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "36b0607b6becc2018ca7c3ef0dd6890f34b56e50c825345c2b64e4dac4584632"
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 686 (2009) — Modernize Do Not Call Notice Procedures.

## 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/H686v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H686v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H686v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H686v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H686v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-122** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H686v5.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Tolson — primary (person)
- Tucker — primary (person)
- Blackwood — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Dickson — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-19** Ch. SL 2009-122 `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 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-06-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-06-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `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`
- **2009-04-01** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-23** Ref to the Com on Public Utilities, if favorable, Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/386d476e-952d-4d97-919d-3f73efd7a017`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).