---
type: "Bill"
title: "People First."
description: "People First."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 208"
citation: "North Carolina SB 208 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "COMMUNICATIONS", "DISABLED PERSONS", "DISCRIMINATION", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GENERAL STATUTES", "GENERAL STATUTES COMN.", "LEGISLATIVE SERVICES OFFICE", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MENTAL RETARDATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. DORSETT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-17"
last_action: "2009-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ba9221a-d455-481a-9d59-e6fd753079e5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S208&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "94ee9bb6306213c8b18d31700cb0600e42b863f2563c47fe4348df7eb457a11b"
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 208 (2009) — People First.

## 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/S208v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASQ-17-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1632/0/S208-ASQ-17-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S208v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S208v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S208v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S208v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S208v5.pdf)
8. **SL2009-264** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S208v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Clary — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Preston — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-10** Ch. SL 2009-264 `became-law`
- **2009-07-10** Signed By Gov. 7/10/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-02** Pres. To Gov. 7/2/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-02** Ratified
- **2009-07-01** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2009
- **2009-06-30** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-06-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/29/2009
- **2009-06-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-17** Re-ref Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-14** Ref to the Com on State Government/State Personnel, if favorable, Health `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-09** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-04-07** Placed On Cal For 4/9/2009
- **2009-04-07** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-04-02** Placed On Cal For 4/7/2009
- **2009-04-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-04-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-10** Re-ref Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-10** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-02-18** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ba9221a-d455-481a-9d59-e6fd753079e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).