---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modify Speed Zone Restrictions."
description: "Modify Speed Zone Restrictions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 649"
citation: "North Carolina SB 649 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING", "ANNEXATION", "COMMUNICATIONS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SIGNS", "SPEED LIMIT", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. GOSS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-18"
last_action: "2009-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b834fff9-29dc-4915-ba53-2b25ff63fd79"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S649&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0a2861a87f21a1a4090510e4a6045ed06ef39e1f70a531f03fda5c920950c4cc"
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 649 (2009) — Modify Speed Zone Restrictions.

## 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/S649v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S649v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S649v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S649v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S649v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-234** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S649v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-30** Ch. SL 2009-234 `became-law`
- **2009-06-30** Signed By Gov. 6/30/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-25** Ratified
- **2009-06-25** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-24** Placed On Cal For 6/25/2009
- **2009-06-24** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-06-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-17** Postponed To 6/22/2009
- **2009-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2009
- **2009-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-16** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-03** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-18** Ref to the Com on Transportation, 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** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-19** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b834fff9-29dc-4915-ba53-2b25ff63fd79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).