---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modernize Precious Metal Business Permitting."
description: "Modernize Precious Metal Business Permitting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1637"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1637 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "COUNTIES", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FEES", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "FISCAL NOTES", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOANS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PAWNBROKERS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "PRECIOUS METALS", "REP. SAMUELSON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Samuelson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-05-06"
last_action: "2009-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a189f85a-8e66-4477-bdba-795caf006b6f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1637&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d80c9fe93ace7fe51a668def927bd624aa1f37034308f7a6f0ac22ecd5158a15"
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 1637 (2009) — Modernize Precious Metal Business Permitting.

## 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/H1637v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1637v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1637v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1637v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1637v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1637v5.pdf)
7. **SL2009-482** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1637v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **110–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Samuelson — primary (person)
- Dickson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-26** Ch. SL 2009-482 `became-law`
- **2009-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-11** Pres. To Gov. 8/11/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-11** Ratified
- **2009-08-10** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/10/2009
- **2009-08-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-08-06** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-08-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-08-05** Placed On Cal For 8/5/2009
- **2009-08-05** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-08-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-08-04** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-08-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-08-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-23** Ref to Commerce. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-22** Rec From House
- **2009-07-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-07-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-07-20** Placed On Cal For 7/21/2009
- **2009-07-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-20** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-06** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-07** Ref to the Com on Judiciary III, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a189f85a-8e66-4477-bdba-795caf006b6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).