---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Expunctions."
description: "Clarify Expunctions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 726"
citation: "North Carolina HB 726 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MOORE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moore", "Ross"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-19"
last_action: "2010-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e139ae2-ceaf-4a84-9b49-64e533ef4685"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H726&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9b6606f4984a84cf4855b5f5ac483fdaea5b0a14455226f0020d80f76dd69ac4"
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 726 (2009) — Clarify Expunctions.

## 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/H726v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H726v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H726v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H726v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H726v4.pdf)
6. **SL2010-174** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H726v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Moore — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- Bordsen — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-08-02** Ch. SL 2010-174 `became-law`
- **2010-08-02** Signed By Gov. 8/2/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-08** Pres. To Gov. 7/8/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-07** Ratified
- **2010-07-06** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/6/2010
- **2010-07-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-07-01** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-30** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `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`
- **2009-05-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-14** Placed On Cal For 5/14/2009
- **2009-05-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-23** Ref To Com On 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/2e139ae2-ceaf-4a84-9b49-64e533ef4685`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).