---
type: "Bill"
title: "Honor Kay Yow."
description: "Honor Kay Yow."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HJR 303"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 303 (2009)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["AWARDS", "HONORS & MEMORIALS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "EDUCATION", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "SPORTS", "UNC", "REP. WEISS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ROSS", "YOW", "SANDRA KAY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ross", "Weiss"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-25"
last_action: "2009-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb4f3541-95ab-40ef-8670-cbde53c13fbb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H303&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "624b518bf809aad78d621f452fb8b4f492fc2eaf60bc2891e845b59296afcd16"
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 303 (2009) — Honor Kay Yow.

## 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/H303v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H303v1.pdf)
3. **Res 2009-9** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H303v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **106–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ross — primary (person)
- Weiss — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Allred — cosponsor (person)
- Avila — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Blue — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- E. Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- E. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Justice — cosponsor (person)
- Justus — cosponsor (person)
- Langdon — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Love — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Neumann — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Randleman — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Spear — cosponsor (person)
- Stam — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Whilden — cosponsor (person)
- Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-04-14** Ch. Res 2009-9 `became-law`
- **2009-04-14** Ratified
- **2009-04-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-13** Placed On Cal For 4/13/2009
- **2009-04-13** Rec From House
- **2009-04-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-09** Placed On Cal For 4/13/2009
- **2009-04-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-04-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-26** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb4f3541-95ab-40ef-8670-cbde53c13fbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).