---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bermuda Run Debt Collection/Gates & Fences."
description: "Bermuda Run Debt Collection/Gates & Fences."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1944"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1944 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "FEES", "LIENS", "LOCAL", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "REP. HOWARD", "DAVIE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "BERMUDA RUN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-05-24"
last_action: "2010-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/731b952c-26bd-4925-98e4-2a47f694ca42"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1944&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a175297cf7d2b3e2ade3b124abea804180dcb21a67f35af65c4d5c97fe88c08d"
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 1944 (2009) — Bermuda Run Debt Collection/Gates & Fences.

## 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/H1944v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1944v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1944v2.pdf)
4. **SL2010-77** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1944v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-08** Ch. SL 2010-77 `became-law`
- **2010-07-08** Ratified
- **2010-07-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2010-07-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-07-07** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2010
- **2010-07-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-07-06** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-07-06** Rec From House
- **2010-07-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2010-07-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2010
- **2010-06-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-06-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-16** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-25** Ref to the Com on Local Government II, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-05-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/731b952c-26bd-4925-98e4-2a47f694ca42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).