---
type: "Bill"
title: "Videoconference Tech. in Court Proceedings."
description: "Videoconference Tech. in Court Proceedings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1438"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1438 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AOC", "CORRECTION DEPT.", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "COURTS", "JUDICIAL DEPT.", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELESERVICES", "CHAPTERED", "ELECTRONIC & OTHER MEDIA", "REP. SPEAR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Warren", "Spear", "Sutton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-09"
last_action: "2009-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01dc9c3b-5f5f-41be-81a1-8e675e915dba"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1438&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "17fe407d281a1803a2771745d3fd2b82f173d4b6b8e064a47bdb533a333a78f2"
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 1438 (2009) — Videoconference Tech. in Court Proceedings.

## 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/H1438v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1438v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1438v2.pdf)
4. **SL2009-270** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1438v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- R. Warren — primary (person)
- Spear — primary (person)
- Sutton — primary (person)
- Braxton — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- E. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Guice — cosponsor (person)
- Haire — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Love — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Randleman — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Steen — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-10** Ch. SL 2009-270 `became-law`
- **2009-07-10** Signed By Gov. 7/10/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-02** Pres. To Gov. 7/2/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-01** Ratified
- **2009-06-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-12** Rec From House
- **2009-05-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-07** Placed On Cal For 5/11/2009
- **2009-05-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-29** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-13** Ref to the Com on Science and Technology, if favorable, Judiciary II `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/01dc9c3b-5f5f-41be-81a1-8e675e915dba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).