---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amendments to the Sullivan Act."
description: "Amendments to the Sullivan Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 702"
citation: "North Carolina HB 702 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETING", "CAPITAL SPENDING", "COUNTIES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "BUNCOMBE COUNTY", "ASHEVILLE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GOFORTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goforth", "Whilden"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2009-03-19"
last_action: "2009-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99e22b12-73f0-4c1f-a8a3-b4364744ac95"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H702&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "922fb7b7b99f8fa03d9474ae098911a6c5fb13fe5a487d344d3950441c044bb9"
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 702 (2009) — Amendments to the Sullivan Act.

## 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/H702v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H702v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H702v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H702v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-114** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H702v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goforth — primary (person)
- Whilden — primary (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-16** Ch. SL 2009-114 `became-law`
- **2009-06-16** Ratified
- **2009-06-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-11** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-11** Rec From House
- **2009-05-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-06** Placed On Cal For 5/7/2009
- **2009-05-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-23** Re-ref Com On Water Resources and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-23** Ref to the Com on Local Government I, if favorable, Water Resources and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99e22b12-73f0-4c1f-a8a3-b4364744ac95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).