republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2009/hb-9.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	No Texting While Driving.	No Texting While Driving.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2009	HB 9	North Carolina HB 9 (2009)	bill	COMMITTEES CRIMES GENERAL ASSEMBLY INFRASTRUCTURE MOTOR VEHICLES PRESENTED PUBLIC RATIFIED REPORTS ROADS & HIGHWAYS STUDIES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONE TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION OVERSIGHT COMM. CHAPTERED REP. PIERCE TRAFFIC OFFENSES CELLULAR PHONES	enacted	Harrison Pierce	7	26	2	2009-01-29	2009-06-19	openstates	ocd-bill/1f8ccc9d-73d9-4bfe-89d3-d2ea8c17ebb4	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H9&votesToView=all	3dc73c7323688567d55db53f6d7c24a013f431c69b548c899832298a9bf771f6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina HB 9 (2009) — No Texting While Driving.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. A1: ARV-5-V-1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Edition 1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Edition 2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Edition 3 (committee substitute) — source
6. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
7. SL2009-135 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• A3 Faison\Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• Second Reading — 30–18 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Harrison — primary (person)
• Pierce — primary (person)
• Allred — cosponsor (person)
• Bell — cosponsor (person)
• Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Bryant — cosponsor (person)
• Carney — cosponsor (person)
• Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
• Dickson — cosponsor (person)
• Dollar — cosponsor (person)
• Earle — cosponsor (person)
• England — cosponsor (person)
• Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
• Fisher — cosponsor (person)
• Goforth — cosponsor (person)
• Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
• Hall — cosponsor (person)
• Hurley — cosponsor (person)
• Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Justice — cosponsor (person)
• K. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
• Luebke — cosponsor (person)
• M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
• McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
• Spear — cosponsor (person)
• Starnes — cosponsor (person)
• Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
• Underhill — cosponsor (person)
• Weiss — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-06-19 Ch. SL 2009-135 became-law
• 2009-06-19 Signed By Gov. 6/19/2009 executive-signature
• 2009-06-11 Pres. To Gov. 6/11/2009 executive-receipt
• 2009-06-10 Ratified
• 2009-06-09 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2009-06-03 Placed On Cal For 6/9/2009
• 2009-06-03 Withdrawn From Com
• 2009-05-19 Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget referral-committee
• 2009-05-19 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-04-20 Ref To Com On Judiciary II referral-committee
• 2009-04-20 Rec From House
• 2009-04-16 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2009-04-16 Amend Adopted 3 amendment-passage
• 2009-04-16 Amendment Withdrawn 2 amendment-withdrawal
• 2009-04-15 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2009-04-15 Amend Adopted 1 amendment-passage
• 2009-04-14 Placed On Cal For 4/15/2009
• 2009-04-14 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2009-04-14 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-04-02 Re-ref Com On Judiciary III referral-committee
• 2009-04-02 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-02-12 Ref to the Com on Ways & Means / Broadband Connectivity, if favorable, Judiciary III referral-committee
• 2009-02-12 Withdrawn From Com
• 2009-02-02 Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House referral-committee
• 2009-02-02 Passed 1st Reading reading-1
• 2009-01-29 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f8ccc9d-73d9-4bfe-89d3-d2ea8c17ebb4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).