---
type: "Bill"
title: "Highway Beautification Change."
description: "Highway Beautification Change."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 755"
citation: "North Carolina HB 755 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETING", "DMV", "FISCAL NOTES", "FUNDING", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "PLANTS & TREES", "CHAPTERED", "REP. CARNEY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-24"
last_action: "2009-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed35a6bf-9321-46a3-a85e-978ff14a3dbc"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H755&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3901aae6213b3c85aae40a04d9e0fc6a38dab01a009a347ba86cc706efb6c00d"
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 755 (2009) — Highway Beautification Change.

## 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/H755v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H755v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H755v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H755v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-228** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H755v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **85–30** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-30** Ch. SL 2009-228 `became-law`
- **2009-06-30** Signed By Gov. 6/30/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-26** Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-25** Ratified
- **2009-06-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-24** Placed On Cal For 6/25/2009
- **2009-06-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-05-19** Ref To Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-13** Placed On Cal For 5/14/2009
- **2009-05-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-05-12** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-25** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed35a6bf-9321-46a3-a85e-978ff14a3dbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).