---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit Sale of Novelty Lighters."
description: "Prohibit Sale of Novelty Lighters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 652"
citation: "North Carolina SB 652 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CRIMES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "SEN. ALLRAN", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-18"
last_action: "2009-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf5c50a2-10a9-440d-b820-07395b3d7fe2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S652&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0630cda59778aea57592144efec02ced516fc7ed992f0b96b18a9095a887782a"
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 652 (2009) — Prohibit Sale of Novelty Lighters.

## 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/S652v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S652v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S652v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S652v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S652v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S652v5.pdf)
7. **SL2009-230** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S652v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **110–6** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **43–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-30** Ch. SL 2009-230 `became-law`
- **2009-06-30** Signed By Gov. 6/30/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-25** Pres. To Gov. 6/25/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-24** Ratified
- **2009-06-23** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-22** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2009
- **2009-06-22** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-06-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2009
- **2009-06-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-17** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-28** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-21** Ref to the Com on Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-04-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `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/cf5c50a2-10a9-440d-b820-07395b3d7fe2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).