---
type: "Bill"
title: "No Smoking/Cell Phones on Prison Grounds."
description: "No Smoking/Cell Phones on Prison Grounds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 167"
citation: "North Carolina SB 167 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTION DEPT.", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "FISCAL NOTES", "PRESENTED", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELEPHONE", "TITLE CHANGE", "TOBACCO", "SEN. ALBERTSON", "CHAPTERED", "CELLULAR PHONES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-12"
last_action: "2009-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2209c53-d66e-4b64-abab-78eb440d2d33"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S167&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d937911341a3d12552805cc95c171e59461689d6fc4edd20e23a50f8ad53e701"
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 SB 167 (2009) — No Smoking/Cell Phones on Prison Grounds.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S167v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S167v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S167v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S167v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S167v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-560** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S167v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **40–5** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **74–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Boseman — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Rouzer — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-28** Ch. SL 2009-560 `became-law`
- **2009-08-28** Signed By Gov. 8/28/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-06** Pres. To Gov. 8/6/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-06** Ratified
- **2009-08-06** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-05** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-05** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-08-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-08-05** Amend Failed 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2009-08-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-07-27** Postponed To 8/4/2009
- **2009-07-23** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2009
- **2009-07-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-28** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-14** Ref to the Com on Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2209c53-d66e-4b64-abab-78eb440d2d33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).