---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alt. Testimony/Children and Adults with Disab."
description: "Alt. Testimony/Children and Adults with Disab."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 775"
citation: "North Carolina HB 775 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DISABLED PERSONS", "EVIDENCE", "HEALTH SERVICES", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "WITNESSES", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ENGLAND", "CIVIL ACTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["England", "M. Alexander"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-24"
last_action: "2009-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb97817f-6359-4569-8c9d-90196f12a82c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H775&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d101b74a7037325003f7322a4b36c1b48b5045b632bc3d6d6e2548be5a59b273"
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 775 (2009) — Alt. Testimony/Children and Adults with Disab.

## 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/H775v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H775v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H775v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H775v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-514** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H775v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **109–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- England — primary (person)
- M. Alexander — primary (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-26** Ch. SL 2009-514 `became-law`
- **2009-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-07** Pres. To Gov. 8/7/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-07** Ratified
- **2009-08-06** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-05** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-08-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-08-03** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-08-03** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-07-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-07-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-14** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-11** Placed On Cal For 5/12/2009
- **2009-05-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-14** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-25** Ref to the Com on Juvenile Justice, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb97817f-6359-4569-8c9d-90196f12a82c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).