---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prepaid Wireless Telephone Service/Sunset."
description: "Prepaid Wireless Telephone Service/Sunset."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1027"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1027 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELEPHONE", "REP. BRUBAKER", "SUNSETS", "CHAPTERED", "CELLULAR PHONES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-02"
last_action: "2009-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2aa278a-3a28-4fc8-ae64-c31b33514560"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1027&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ed6fabe04f6130e1b9ac3b5f3c8092590f188c598909afa55a6342462748313c"
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 HB 1027 (2009) — Prepaid Wireless Telephone Service/Sunset.

## 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/House/PDF/H1027v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1027v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1027v2.pdf)
4. **SL2009-90** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1027v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brubaker — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-11** Ch. SL 2009-90 `became-law`
- **2009-06-11** Signed By Gov. 6/11/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-03** Pres. To Gov. 6/3/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-02** Ratified
- **2009-06-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-11** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-11** Rec From House
- **2009-05-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-06** Placed On Cal For 5/7/2009
- **2009-05-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-30** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-23** Re-ref Com On Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-06** Ref to the Com on Public Utilities, if favorable, Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2aa278a-3a28-4fc8-ae64-c31b33514560`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).