---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health/Law Enforcement Custody."
description: "Mental Health/Law Enforcement Custody."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 243"
citation: "North Carolina HB 243 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERGENCY SERVICES", "INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. INSKO", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Insko", "Steen"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-19"
last_action: "2009-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a358ded5-2236-4514-8da8-8fb2da4d9e19"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H243&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7107400fa45a42c5350d19ed9f651dae9ffe4cfc94366636e3d6b48c4d2ddf6f"
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 243 (2009) — Mental Health/Law Enforcement Custody.

## 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/H243v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARD-31-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/241/0/H243-ARD-31-V-4)
3. **A1: ARF-3-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/239/0/H243-ARF-3-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H243v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H243v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H243v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H243v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H243v5.pdf)
9. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H243v6.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H243v7.pdf)
11. **SL2009-340** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H243v8.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Insko — primary (person)
- Steen — primary (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-24** Ch. SL 2009-340 `became-law`
- **2009-07-24** Signed By Gov. 7/24/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-14** Pres. To Gov. 7/14/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-13** Ratified
- **2009-07-09** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2009
- **2009-07-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-08** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-01** Ref To Com On Mental Health Reform `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-01** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-06-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-29** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/29/2009
- **2009-06-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-19** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-14** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-13** Placed On Cal For 5/14/2009
- **2009-05-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-13** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-11** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-23** Ref to the Com on Mental Health Reform, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a358ded5-2236-4514-8da8-8fb2da4d9e19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).