---
type: "Bill"
title: "No Texting While Driving."
description: "No Texting While Driving."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 9"
citation: "North Carolina HB 9 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMITTEES", "CRIMES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "STUDIES", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELEPHONE", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION OVERSIGHT COMM.", "CHAPTERED", "REP. PIERCE", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES", "CELLULAR PHONES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harrison", "Pierce"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-01-29"
last_action: "2009-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f8ccc9d-73d9-4bfe-89d3-d2ea8c17ebb4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H9&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3dc73c7323688567d55db53f6d7c24a013f431c69b548c899832298a9bf771f6"
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 9 (2009) — No Texting While Driving.

## 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/H9v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARV-5-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/59/0/H9-ARV-5-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H9v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H9v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H9v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H9v4.pdf)
7. **SL2009-135** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H9v5.pdf)

## Votes

- A3 Faison\Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **30–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harrison — primary (person)
- Pierce — primary (person)
- Allred — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Dickson — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Justice — cosponsor (person)
- K. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Spear — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-19** Ch. SL 2009-135 `became-law`
- **2009-06-19** Signed By Gov. 6/19/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-11** Pres. To Gov. 6/11/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-10** Ratified
- **2009-06-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-03** Placed On Cal For 6/9/2009
- **2009-06-03** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-05-19** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-20** Rec From House
- **2009-04-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-04-16** Amend Adopted 3 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-04-16** Amendment Withdrawn 2 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2009-04-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-04-15** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **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`
- **2009-04-02** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-12** Ref to the Com on Ways & Means / Broadband Connectivity, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-02-02** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-01-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f8ccc9d-73d9-4bfe-89d3-d2ea8c17ebb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).