---
type: "Bill"
title: "Venue/Municipalities in Multiple Districts."
description: "Venue/Municipalities in Multiple Districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1077"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1077 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "MAGISTRATES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. WILEY", "CIVIL ACTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiley"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-02"
last_action: "2009-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8550432f-9a4c-43bc-9b3e-52b85e67fd62"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1077&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "779bbdcf56579b4d89fa5b9d4f26971ce41486eb9cd5d184c1d24401d95968d6"
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 1077 (2009) — Venue/Municipalities in Multiple Districts.

## 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/H1077v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1077v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1077v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1077v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1077v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-398** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1077v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wiley — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-31** Ch. SL 2009-398 `became-law`
- **2009-07-31** Signed By Gov. 7/31/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-24** Pres. To Gov. 7/24/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-23** Ratified
- **2009-07-22** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-20** Placed On Cal For 7/21/2009
- **2009-07-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-20** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-07-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-07-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2009
- **2009-05-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-16** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-06** Ref to the Com on Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity, if favorable, Judiciary III `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/8550432f-9a4c-43bc-9b3e-52b85e67fd62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).