---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prevent Racial Profiling."
description: "Prevent Racial Profiling."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 464"
citation: "North Carolina SB 464 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "DISCRIMINATION", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "CHAPTERED", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES", "SEN. MCKISSICK"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-05"
last_action: "2009-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b52ff2c-f35b-4d5f-994a-77b3cbaf2f94"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S464&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e23fb05376d3fe7182267d2b2ccac34122658eda70f0cd07cd3917915a2bb16b"
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 464 (2009) — Prevent Racial Profiling.

## 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/S464v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S464v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S464v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S464v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S464v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S464v5.pdf)
7. **SL2009-544** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S464v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **95–20** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **40–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Boseman — cosponsor (person)
- Clary — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Foriest — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-28** Ch. SL 2009-544 `became-law`
- **2009-08-28** Signed By Gov. 8/28/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-05** Pres. To Gov. 8/5/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-04** Ratified
- **2009-08-03** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-30** Placed On Cal For 8/3/2009
- **2009-07-29** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-07-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-07-29** Amend Failed 4 `amendment-failure`
- **2009-07-29** Amend Adopted 3 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-07-28** Amend Failed 2 `amendment-failure`
- **2009-07-28** Amendment Withdrawn 1 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2009-07-23** Postponed To 7/28/2009
- **2009-07-23** Amend Pending 1
- **2009-07-22** Postponed To 7/23/2009
- **2009-07-22** Amend Pending 1
- **2009-07-21** Placed On Cal For 7/22/2009
- **2009-07-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-07** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-18** Ref to the Com on Juvenile Justice, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-09** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b52ff2c-f35b-4d5f-994a-77b3cbaf2f94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).