---
type: "Bill"
title: "Honor Eugene Turner."
description: "Honor Eugene Turner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HJR 1657"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 1657 (2009)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["AWARDS", "HONORS & MEMORIALS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "ROBESON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. PIERCE", "TURNER", "EUGENE BURNS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pierce", "Yongue"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-06-24"
last_action: "2009-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4b0d9b9-3cc1-4b9b-b1f6-27c84363e0b1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1657&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5f93edd78acc3c66de71bc64fd84a8edc8a3e1f446353c3f8a444036193523c5"
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 1657 (2009) — Honor Eugene Turner.

## 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/H1657v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1657v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1657v2.pdf)
4. **Res 2009-29** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1657v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pierce — primary (person)
- Yongue — primary (person)
- Sutton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-05** Ch. Res 2009-29 `became-law`
- **2009-08-05** Ratified
- **2009-08-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-08-03** Placed On Cal For 8/4/2009
- **2009-08-03** Rec From House
- **2009-08-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-30** Placed On Cal For 8/3/2009
- **2009-07-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-25** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-06-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4b0d9b9-3cc1-4b9b-b1f6-27c84363e0b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).