---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying Changes/Work First Program."
description: "Clarifying Changes/Work First Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1280"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1280 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "DHHS", "EMPLOYMENT", "EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMN.", "MINORS", "POVERTY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "WELFARE", "WORK FIRST", "REP. EARLE", "REP. HOWARD", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-08"
last_action: "2009-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d09c868-7f81-4ec0-b533-8a137a231110"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1280&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9ed2c8f1057dae7f2f7717f2b9d2bfa07227227454abcb37fb143571a242b013"
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 1280 (2009) — Clarifying Changes/Work First Program.

## 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/H1280v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1280v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1280v2.pdf)
4. **SL2009-489** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1280v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **116–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-26** Ch. SL 2009-489 `became-law`
- **2009-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-05** Pres. To Gov. 8/5/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-04** Ratified
- **2009-08-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-30** Placed On Cal For 8/3/2009
- **2009-07-30** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-07-23** Ref To Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-22** Rec From House
- **2009-07-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-21** Placed On Cal For 7/22/2009
- **2009-07-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-08** Assigned To Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-07** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-09** Ref to the Com on Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship, if favorable, Appropriations `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/4d09c868-7f81-4ec0-b533-8a137a231110`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).