---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protect Our Kids/Cyber-Bullying Misdemeanor."
description: "Protect Our Kids/Cyber-Bullying Misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1261"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1261 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELESERVICES", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MACKEY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mackey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-08"
last_action: "2009-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3fc7b4d-5df9-4138-8f09-3d817a800c9a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1261&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "10a44c32a52d0dd53b4decccbd2c0769d416644211ee1e44cdeed3c18c4ffcb9"
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 1261 (2009) — Protect Our Kids/Cyber-Bullying Misdemeanor.

## 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/H1261v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1261v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1261v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1261v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-551** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1261v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **39–2** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mackey — primary (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- K. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Mobley — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-28** Ch. SL 2009-551 `became-law`
- **2009-08-28** Signed By Gov. 8/28/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-11** Pres. To Gov. 8/11/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-11** Ratified
- **2009-08-10** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-07** Placed On Cal For 8/10/2009
- **2009-08-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-08-07** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-08-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-08-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-13** Placed On Cal For 5/14/2009
- **2009-05-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-06** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-09** Ref to the Com on Science and Technology, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3fc7b4d-5df9-4138-8f09-3d817a800c9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).