---
type: "Bill"
title: "Notice of Special/Emergency Meetings."
description: "Notice of Special/Emergency Meetings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 81"
citation: "North Carolina HB 81 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC MEETINGS", "RATIFIED", "TELESERVICES", "CHAPTERED", "REP. CLEVELAND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-05"
last_action: "2009-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d20f1de5-8d70-46f7-a728-601fddb575ad"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H81&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3fe9d58acc107468838e78615269c2a4356654b5ae59df742ab02fc20b311ca8"
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 81 (2009) — Notice of Special/Emergency Meetings.

## 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/H81v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H81v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H81v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H81v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H81v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H81v5.pdf)
7. **SL2009-350** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H81v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Holloway — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Killian — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Randleman — cosponsor (person)
- Sager — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-27** Ch. SL 2009-350 `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`
- **2009-07-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-07-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-05** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-05** Rec From House
- **2009-05-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-30** Placed On Cal For 5/4/2009
- **2009-04-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-04-29** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-03** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-12** Ref to the Com on Judiciary I, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-02-09** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d20f1de5-8d70-46f7-a728-601fddb575ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).