---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase Raffle Prize Limit."
description: "Increase Raffle Prize Limit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 85"
citation: "North Carolina HB 85 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORPORATIONS", "NON-PROFIT", "GAMING", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. BURR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-05"
last_action: "2009-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e07b728-69e1-4852-9295-a24e76652a87"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H85&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d67eae033bc6ec882f30726c1c7e5950cb08b272192a92d4ff169bbead485001"
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 85 (2009) — Increase Raffle Prize Limit.

## 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/H85v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H85v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H85v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H85v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-49** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H85v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **41–8** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burr — primary (person)
- Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Sager — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-01** Ch. SL 2009-49 `became-law`
- **2009-06-01** Signed By Gov. 6/1/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-05-29** Pres. To Gov. 5/29/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-05-28** Ratified
- **2009-05-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-26** Rec From House
- **2009-03-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-03-24** Placed On Cal For 3/25/2009
- **2009-03-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-03-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-12** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-12** Ref to the Com on Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-02-09** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e07b728-69e1-4852-9295-a24e76652a87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).