---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend House Arrest Laws/Adult/Juvenile."
description: "Amend House Arrest Laws/Adult/Juvenile."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 726"
citation: "North Carolina SB 726 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "JUVENILE CODE", "MINORS", "PAROLE & PROBATION", "PRESENTED", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. P. BERGER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-19"
last_action: "2009-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96bb71b9-d26d-4172-993a-54a4729190f3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S726&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e5b951ace8f9cef60910f1b3fff864df9f3c0e229f911061fb0913b11ea6255c"
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 726 (2009) — Amend House Arrest Laws/Adult/Juvenile.

## 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/S726v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARK-45-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/2057/0/S726-ARK-45-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S726v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S726v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S726v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S726v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S726v5.pdf)
8. **SL2009-547** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S726v6.pdf)

## Votes

- A1 Guice\Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berger of Rockingham — cosponsor (person)
- Goodall — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-28** Ch. SL 2009-547 `became-law`
- **2009-08-28** Signed By Gov. 8/28/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-06** Pres. To Gov. 8/6/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-06** Ratified
- **2009-08-06** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-05** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-05** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-08-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-08-05** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-04** Placed On Cal For 8/5/2009
- **2009-08-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-08-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-07** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-19** Ref to the Com on Juvenile Justice, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96bb71b9-d26d-4172-993a-54a4729190f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).