---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wearing of Medals by Public Safety Personnel."
description: "Wearing of Medals by Public Safety Personnel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 631"
citation: "North Carolina HB 631 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "CALENDAR", "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOLIDAYS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RESCUE SQUADS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MARTIN", "NATIONAL GUARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martin", "R. Warren"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-17"
last_action: "2009-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bbba5d1-a0ad-4cf8-9299-efd820b37595"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H631&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "42e9b60bbe1eb9a3b92f91c00a23b4c093b6d2163b3f1d6223acc57ff8751fe4"
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 631 (2009) — Wearing of Medals by Public Safety Personnel.

## 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/H631v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H631v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H631v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H631v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-240** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H631v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Sen. Amend. #1\M11 Concur — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Martin — primary (person)
- R. Warren — primary (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Killian — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-30** Ch. SL 2009-240 `became-law`
- **2009-06-30** Signed By Gov. 6/30/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-25** Pres. To Gov. 6/25/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-24** Ratified
- **2009-06-23** Concurred In S Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-22** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2009
- **2009-06-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-06-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-16** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2009-06-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-11** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-21** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-21** Rec From House
- **2009-04-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-16** Placed On Cal For 4/20/2009
- **2009-04-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-04-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-01** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-18** Ref to the Com on Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bbba5d1-a0ad-4cf8-9299-efd820b37595`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).