---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Liability of Social Networking Sites."
description: "Amend Liability of Social Networking Sites."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1267"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1267 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEX OFFENSES", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELESERVICES", "TORTS", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. BLUE", "CIVIL ACTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-08"
last_action: "2009-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90e19251-74f8-4594-9cbf-a6e2a10c014c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1267&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c0f5394bed7730c019489fa8c9d695cc21fb2428dd2a86feb5de4bdd9b195f5b"
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 1267 (2009) — Amend Liability of Social Networking Sites.

## 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/H1267v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARV-8-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/951/0/H1267-ARV-8-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1267v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1267v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1267v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1267v4.pdf)
7. **SL2009-272** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1267v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **41–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blue — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-10** Ch. SL 2009-272 `became-law`
- **2009-07-10** Signed By Gov. 7/10/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-09** Pres. To Gov. 7/9/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-08** Ratified
- **2009-07-07** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-06** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2009
- **2009-07-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-06-29** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-29** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-06-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `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`
- **2009-05-13** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-13** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-13** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-09** Ref to the Com on Science and Technology, if favorable, Judiciary II `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/90e19251-74f8-4594-9cbf-a6e2a10c014c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).