---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic Payments by Local Governments."
description: "Electronic Payments by Local Governments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 666"
citation: "North Carolina HB 666 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DWI", "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "EMPLOYMENT", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "NARCOTICS", "PERSONNEL", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. M. ALEXANDER", "CHAPTERED", "ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Alexander"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-18"
last_action: "2010-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c21606f-aec8-4845-a0f4-77f00358c736"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H666&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b0fd0b55c9de993c92d4509f26e3407eb143fdf4b1bcd53c1ed073fee9210866"
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 666 (2009) — Electronic Payments by Local Governments.

## 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/H666v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H666v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H666v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H666v3.pdf)
5. **SL2010-99** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H666v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **111–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- M. Alexander — primary (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-20** Ch. SL 2010-99 `became-law`
- **2010-07-20** Signed By Gov. 7/20/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-08** Pres. To Gov. 7/8/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-08** Ratified
- **2010-07-08** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-07** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2010
- **2010-07-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-07-07** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-30** Ref To Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-30** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2010-06-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-06-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-06-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-07** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-07** Rec From House
- **2009-05-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-05** Placed On Cal For 5/6/2009
- **2009-05-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-16** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-02** Serial referral changed from Jud. III to Jud. I
- **2009-03-19** Ref to the Com on Mental Health Reform, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c21606f-aec8-4845-a0f4-77f00358c736`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).