---
type: "Bill"
title: "Statutorily Establish Division of Emerg. Mgmt."
description: "Statutorily Establish Division of Emerg. Mgmt."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 378"
citation: "North Carolina HB 378 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIME CONTROL DEPT.", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. WAINWRIGHT", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MARTIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-03"
last_action: "2009-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c17f81ea-a862-4272-8709-5de6fe930b26"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H378&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a6019f7496d725ed90845f301a9892a665669a2451111d1b92bd8935af9e17dd"
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 378 (2009) — Statutorily Establish Division of Emerg. Mgmt.

## 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/H378v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H378v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H378v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H378v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H378v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-397** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H378v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Martin — primary (person)
- E. Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Spear — cosponsor (person)
- Steen — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-31** Ch. SL 2009-397 `became-law`
- **2009-07-31** Signed By Gov. 7/31/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-24** Pres. To Gov. 7/24/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-23** Ratified
- **2009-07-22** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-20** Placed On Cal For 7/21/2009
- **2009-07-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-20** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-07-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2009
- **2009-07-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-07-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-10** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-13** Ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-13** Rec From House
- **2009-04-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-08** Placed On Cal For 4/9/2009
- **2009-04-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-04-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-25** Re-ref Com On State Government/State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-04** Ref to the Com on Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs, if favorable, State Government/State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c17f81ea-a862-4272-8709-5de6fe930b26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).