---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government Code of Ethics."
description: "Local Government Code of Ethics."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1452"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1452 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "ETHICS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. HOWARD", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ALLEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Howard", "Justice"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-09"
last_action: "2009-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5249b9a-bf42-4fe3-a5b2-aac28d9c173a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1452&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5ecb1d3c52d1c62695274ce20b995a1bab6619928ae4381d1263fe633c7e0a35"
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 1452 (2009) — Local Government Code of Ethics.

## 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/H1452v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARR-42-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1129/0/H1452-ARR-42-V-1)
3. **A2: ALB-108-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1130/0/H1452-ALB-108-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1452v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1452v2.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1452v3.pdf)
7. **SL2009-403** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1452v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Sen Amend #1\M11 Concur — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Sen Amend #2\M11 Concur — **110–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Justice — primary (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-05** Ch. SL 2009-403 `became-law`
- **2009-08-05** Signed By Gov. 8/5/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-29** Pres. To Gov. 7/29/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-28** Ratified
- **2009-07-27** Concurred In S Amend 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-27** Concurred In S Amend 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-23** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2009
- **2009-07-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-07-22** Ref To Com On Ethics `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-22** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2009-07-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/20/2009
- **2009-07-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-07-15** Placed On Cal For 7/22/2009
- **2009-07-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2009
- **2009-07-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-07-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-07-09** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2009
- **2009-07-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2009
- **2009-07-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-30** Com Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-30** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-20** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `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`
- **2009-04-23** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-13** Ref to the Com on Ethics, if favorable, Judiciary I `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/f5249b9a-bf42-4fe3-a5b2-aac28d9c173a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).