---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gov't Ethics and Campaign Reform Act of 2010."
description: "Gov't Ethics and Campaign Reform Act of 2010."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 961"
citation: "North Carolina HB 961 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "CAMPAIGN FINANCE", "COMMISSIONS", "CONTRACTS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "COUNCILS", "CRIMES", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "EMPLOYMENT", "ETHICS", "FEES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "FUNDING", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GOVERNOR", "LOBBYING", "MEDIATION & ARBITRATION", "PERSONNEL", "POLITICAL ACTIVITY", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TITLE CHANGE", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GLAZIER", "REP. ROSS", "REP. STAM", "VOTER-OWNED ELECTIONS FUND", "REP. GOODWIN", "ETHICS COMN.", "PUBLIC CAMPAIGN FUND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glazier", "Ross", "Stam"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-31"
last_action: "2010-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4cbfe76-35ca-4e28-b686-2ec628b2985c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H961&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "51d09a2854a01fcbb44cf1563bcc8a988bedfc480c4b12c987552466f3605307"
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 961 (2009) — Gov't Ethics and Campaign Reform Act of 2010.

## 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/H961v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AST-174-V-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/720/0/H961-AST-174-V-5)
3. **A2: AST-178-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/721/0/H961-AST-178-V-3)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H961v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H961v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H961v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H961v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H961v5.pdf)
9. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H961v6.pdf)
10. **Edition 7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H961v7.pdf)
11. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H961v8.pdf)
12. **SL2010-169** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H961v9.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **105–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Glazier — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- Stam — primary (person)
- Blust — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-08-02** Ch. SL 2010-169 `became-law`
- **2010-08-02** Signed By Gov. 8/2/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-10** Pres. To Gov. 7/10/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-10** Ratified
- **2010-07-10** Conf Report Adopted
- **2010-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2010
- **2010-07-10** Conf Com Reported
- **2010-07-10** Conf Report Adopted
- **2010-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2010
- **2010-07-10** Conf Com Reported
- **2010-07-09** Conf Com Appointed
- **2010-07-09** Conf Com Appointed
- **2010-07-09** Failed to Concur in S/Com Sub 3
- **2010-07-09** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2010-07-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2010-07-07** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2010-07-07** Rec To Concur S Com Sub 3
- **2010-07-06** Engrossed
- **2010-07-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-07-06** Amend Adopted # 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-06** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-07-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-23** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-23** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2010-06-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-06-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-22** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-06-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2009
- **2009-05-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-15** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-01** Ref to the Com on Ethics, if favorable, Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4cbfe76-35ca-4e28-b686-2ec628b2985c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).