---
type: "Bill"
title: "Replace DHHS with UNC Poverty- ACH/PH Study."
description: "Replace DHHS with UNC Poverty- ACH/PH Study."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 996"
citation: "North Carolina HB 996 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "DHHS", "EDUCATION", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "HOUSING", "NURSING HOMES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SESSION LAWS", "STUDIES", "UNC", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FARMER-BUTTERFIELD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farmer-Butterfield"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-01"
last_action: "2009-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c06622bf-ccca-41b3-a0f1-0aa93c5cdbc8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H996&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d9fa50f971590570c60405def9a8c528f48bde6d5d7e5e6dafc30c7983423710"
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 996 (2009) — Replace DHHS with UNC Poverty- ACH/PH Study.

## 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/H996v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H996v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H996v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H996v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-391** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H996v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Farmer-Butterfield — primary (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-31** Ch. SL 2009-391 `became-law`
- **2009-07-31** Signed By Gov. 7/31/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-24** Pres. To Gov. 7/24/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-23** Ratified
- **2009-07-22** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-20** Placed On Cal For 7/21/2009
- **2009-07-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-20** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-07-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-07-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-11** Ref To Com On Commerce `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 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-02** Ref To Com On Aging `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c06622bf-ccca-41b3-a0f1-0aa93c5cdbc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).