---
type: "Bill"
title: "Strengthen Child Labor Violation Penalties."
description: "Strengthen Child Labor Violation Penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 23"
citation: "North Carolina HB 23 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNCIL OF STATE", "EMPLOYMENT", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "LABOR DEPT.", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REP. LUEBKE", "REP. WEISS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GOODWIN", "LABOR COMMISSIONER", "REP. BRYANT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryant", "Luebke", "Weiss"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-01-29"
last_action: "2009-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22c51467-6bba-44a7-8a3d-1cc00f27d362"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H23&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "33fc30b108c8e1ce93165eb822495301b0d02108585b8ba8107f8dcb52c5ce91"
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 23 (2009) — Strengthen Child Labor Violation Penalties.

## 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/H23v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H23v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H23v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H23v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H23v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-351** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H23v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **114–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryant — primary (person)
- Luebke — primary (person)
- Weiss — primary (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- E. Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- E. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- K. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Michaux — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-27** Ch. SL 2009-351 `became-law`
- **2009-07-27** Signed By Gov. 7/27/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-16** Ratified
- **2009-07-15** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2009
- **2009-07-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-13** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-07-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2009
- **2009-07-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-06** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-19** Rec From House
- **2009-03-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-03-17** Placed On Cal For 3/18/2009
- **2009-03-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-03-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-03-17** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-12** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-12** Ref to the Com on Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship, if favorable, Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-02-02** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-01-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22c51467-6bba-44a7-8a3d-1cc00f27d362`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).