---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improve Child Care Nutrition/Activity Stnds."
description: "Improve Child Care Nutrition/Activity Stnds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1726"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1726 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD CARE COMN.", "COMMISSIONS", "DAY CARE", "DHHS", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "MINORS", "NUTRITION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "REP. MCLAWHORN", "REP. WEISS", "REP. YONGUE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ENGLAND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["England", "McLawhorn", "Weiss"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-05-13"
last_action: "2010-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2ad4f68-5b00-4bdc-905d-2c805ab59dae"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1726&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a05571bd3fbe41e6dd3d9c6f1f06e9f758e37bce4e823c254e875521cacb60cd"
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 1726 (2009) — Improve Child Care Nutrition/Activity Stnds.

## 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/H1726v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARO-61-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1260/0/H1726-ARO-61-V-1)
3. **A2: ASH-24-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1263/0/H1726-ASH-24-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1726v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1726v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1726v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1726v4.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1726v5.pdf)
9. **SL2010-117** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1726v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **35–13** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur\Sen. Amd. 2 — **99–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- England — primary (person)
- McLawhorn — primary (person)
- Weiss — primary (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Parfitt — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Yongue — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-20** Ch. SL 2010-117 `became-law`
- **2010-07-20** Signed By Gov. 7/20/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-09** Pres. To Gov. 7/9/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-09** Ratified
- **2010-07-08** Concurred In S Amend 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2010
- **2010-07-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-07-08** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-07-07** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2010-07-07** Rec To Concur S Amend 2
- **2010-07-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2010-07-07** Amend Adopted # 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-07** Amend Failed # 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2010-07-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/6/2010
- **2010-07-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-29** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-29** Rec From House
- **2010-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2010-06-28** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-06-28** Perfecting Amend 2 Failed
- **2010-06-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-06-23** Placed On Cal For 6/24/2010
- **2010-06-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-06-23** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-24** Re-ref Com On Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-17** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2ad4f68-5b00-4bdc-905d-2c805ab59dae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).