---
type: "Bill"
title: "Habitual DWI-Reinstatement Petition/10 Yrs."
description: "Habitual DWI-Reinstatement Petition/10 Yrs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1185"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1185 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "DWI", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. SUTTON", "CHAPTERED", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 11
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-07"
last_action: "2009-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0d9a4ae-34d0-425d-ad3d-a63b9efa5eec"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1185&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9d246f59ed38f8d54b65e55be7d5e0932b458613da7469313154436af3cd2ef9"
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 1185 (2009) — Habitual DWI-Reinstatement Petition/10 Yrs.

## 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/H1185v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMA-24-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/900/0/H1185-AMA-24-V-1)
3. **A1: ASA-28-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/902/0/H1185-ASA-28-V-1)
4. **A2: ASA-32-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/903/0/H1185-ASA-32-V-1)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1185v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1185v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1185v3.pdf)
8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1185v4.pdf)
9. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1185v5.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1185v6.pdf)
11. **SL2009-369** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1185v7.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **87–29** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **25–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Sutton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-27** Ch. SL 2009-369 `became-law`
- **2009-07-27** Signed By Gov. 7/27/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-16** Ratified
- **2009-07-15** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2009
- **2009-07-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-13** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-07-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-08** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-08** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2009
- **2009-07-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-05-14** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-13** Placed On Cal For 5/14/2009
- **2009-05-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-07** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-08** Ref to the Com on Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0d9a4ae-34d0-425d-ad3d-a63b9efa5eec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).