---
type: "Bill"
title: "Use of Deadly Force by LEO/Collect & Publish."
description: "Use of Deadly Force by LEO/Collect & Publish."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 266"
citation: "North Carolina HB 266 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONFIDENTIALITY", "CRIME CONTROL DEPT.", "DATA SYSTEMS", "FISCAL NOTES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. E. FLOYD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-23"
last_action: "2009-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14aaa2ca-498a-4ba7-bcbf-db64209e0276"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H266&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "297ec1cd5e7e1dbe56c929446627130af582422f56776029765ac4fcedb1b17a"
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 266 (2009) — Use of Deadly Force by LEO/Collect & Publish.

## 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/H266v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H266v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H266v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H266v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-106** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H266v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–2** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- E. Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-15** Ch. SL 2009-106 `became-law`
- **2009-06-15** Signed By Gov. 6/15/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-05** Pres. To Gov. 6/5/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-04** Ratified
- **2009-06-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-12** Rec From House
- **2009-05-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-07** Placed On Cal For 5/11/2009
- **2009-05-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-23** Assigned To Appropriations Subcommittee on Justice and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-13** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-24** Ref to the Com on Judiciary III, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14aaa2ca-498a-4ba7-bcbf-db64209e0276`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).