---
type: "Bill"
title: "Honor William Oliver Swofford."
description: "Honor William Oliver Swofford."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HJR 1653"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 1653 (2009)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["ARTS", "AWARDS", "HONORS & MEMORIALS", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "CHAPTERED", "REP. RANDLEMAN", "SWOFFORD", "WILLIAM OLIVER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-06-04"
last_action: "2009-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1972cbc7-05c0-4243-b0a5-983c86834dad"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1653&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "27311d152a5083b15eb76915d5049dad7291dd121d33cf94335cb645018f989a"
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 HJR 1653 (2009) — Honor William Oliver Swofford.

## 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/H1653v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1653v1.pdf)
3. **Res 2009-25** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1653v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Randleman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-07** Ch. Res 2009-25 `became-law`
- **2009-07-07** Ratified
- **2009-07-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2009
- **2009-07-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-06-22** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-22** Rec From House
- **2009-06-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2009
- **2009-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-08** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-06-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1972cbc7-05c0-4243-b0a5-983c86834dad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).