---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Administration Amendments."
description: "Election Administration Amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 908"
citation: "North Carolina HB 908 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMITTEES", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "POLITICAL ACTIVITY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "VOTER REGISTRATION", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GOODWIN", "ELECTIONS OVERSIGHT COMM."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 10
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-31"
last_action: "2009-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/882e4e01-a5ae-4a2e-ba5b-65551e66321b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H908&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "73a723d0f0caa1793ae091f7403fd7e4afb9df3e786ed71232a03c3b4db3c937"
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 908 (2009) — Election Administration Amendments.

## 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/H908v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARR-10-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/680/0/H908-ARR-10-V-1)
3. **A2: ATC-47-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/682/0/H908-ATC-47-V-3)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H908v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H908v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H908v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H908v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H908v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H908v6.pdf)
10. **SL2009-541** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H908v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **32–3** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **107–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-28** Ch. SL 2009-541 `became-law`
- **2009-08-28** Signed By Gov. 8/28/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-11** Pres. To Gov. 8/11/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-11** Ratified
- **2009-08-10** Conf Report Adopted
- **2009-08-07** Placed On Cal For 8/10/2009
- **2009-08-07** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-08-07** Conf Report Adopted
- **2009-08-07** Placed On Cal For 8/7/2009
- **2009-08-07** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-08-07** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-08-06** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-08-06** Failed concur in S/Com Sub
- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-08-06** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-08-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-08-05** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-05** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-08-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-08-04** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-03** Placed On Cal For 8/4/2009
- **2009-08-03** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-07-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-07-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-05** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-05** Rec From House
- **2009-05-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-04** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-04-30** Placed On Cal For 5/4/2009
- **2009-04-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-04-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-09** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-01** Ref to the Com on Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/882e4e01-a5ae-4a2e-ba5b-65551e66321b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).