---
type: "Bill"
title: "Building Code Exclusion/Certain Wiring."
description: "Building Code Exclusion/Certain Wiring."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1409"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1409 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. JUSTICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grady", "Justice", "Owens"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-09"
last_action: "2009-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab105265-0fee-4807-936c-4eed00a6f572"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1409&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "848f54d875b3d48062a9ee7f4e2c67acc453fe1573881c5c32256be8687ae834"
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 1409 (2009) — Building Code Exclusion/Certain Wiring.

## 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/H1409v0.pdf)
2. **A2: ARO-24-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1096/0/H1409-ARO-24-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1409v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1409v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1409v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1409v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1409v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1409v6.pdf)
9. **SL2009-532** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1409v7.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Grady — primary (person)
- Justice — primary (person)
- Owens — primary (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Justus — cosponsor (person)
- Langdon — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- McElraft — cosponsor (person)
- Spear — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-28** Ch. SL 2009-532 `became-law`
- **2009-08-28** Signed By Gov. 8/28/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-07** Pres. To Gov. 8/7/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-07** Ratified
- **2009-08-06** Conf Report Adopted
- **2009-08-06** Conf Report Adopted
- **2009-08-05** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-05** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-08-05** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-05** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-07-08** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-07-06** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-07-06** Failed concur in S/Com Sub
- **2009-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/6/2009
- **2009-07-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-02** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-06-30** Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-30** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-06-25** Engrossed
- **2009-06-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-06-25** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-06-24** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-20** Ref To Com On Commerce `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 Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-07** Re-ref Com On State Government/State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-13** Ref to the Com on Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship, if favorable, State Government/State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab105265-0fee-4807-936c-4eed00a6f572`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).