---
type: "Bill"
title: "Truth in Music Advertising Act."
description: "Truth in Music Advertising Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 634"
citation: "North Carolina SB 634 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "ATTORNEYS", "COMMERCE", "COMMUNICATIONS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY", "FINES & PENALTIES", "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SEN. WEINSTEIN", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-17"
last_action: "2009-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26b9f717-ebde-4ccf-8936-fe0aca0571f7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S634&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3cbcfd80706770f1b6e58857251351c92c3cffaa70d18956aaa5710ecd1ed5f2"
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 634 (2009) — Truth in Music Advertising Act.

## 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/S634v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARK-29-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1947/0/S634-ARK-29-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S634v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S634v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S634v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S634v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S634v5.pdf)
8. **SL2009-284** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S634v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vaughan — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-10** Ch. SL 2009-284 `became-law`
- **2009-07-10** Signed By Gov. 7/10/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-02** Pres. To Gov. 7/2/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-01** Ratified
- **2009-06-30** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/30/2009
- **2009-06-25** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-06-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-24** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-23** Placed On Cal For 6/24/2009
- **2009-06-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-23** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-27** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-14** Ref to the Com on Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship, if favorable, Judiciary I `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** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-18** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26b9f717-ebde-4ccf-8936-fe0aca0571f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).