---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal UI Disqual. for Trailing Spouses."
description: "Repeal UI Disqual. for Trailing Spouses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 877"
citation: "North Carolina HB 877 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "WOMEN", "REP. WAINWRIGHT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-30"
last_action: "2009-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbc4bdba-290a-41ee-987d-82dadedd1741"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H877&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1de9c5376c4a26e37a071e6c3ca0d1583d301cc2b969eb276059d58ae456bad7"
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 877 (2009) — Repeal UI Disqual. for Trailing Spouses.

## 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/H877v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H877v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H877v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H877v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-301** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H877v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **99–12** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **43–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-17** Ch. SL 2009-301 `became-law`
- **2009-07-17** Signed By Gov. 7/17/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-10** Pres. To Gov. 7/10/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-09** Ratified
- **2009-07-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2009
- **2009-07-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-19** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2009
- **2009-05-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-07** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-31** Ref to the Com on Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbc4bdba-290a-41ee-987d-82dadedd1741`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).