republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2009/hb-748.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Citizens United Response."
description: "Citizens United Response."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 748"
citation: "North Carolina HB 748 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CAMPAIGN FINANCE", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "DEFINITIONS", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "ETHICS", "LOBBYING", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PACS", "POLITICAL ACTIVITY", "PRESENTED", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. WEISS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ROSS", "REP. STAM", "REP. DOLLAR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ross", "Stam", "Weiss"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-23"
last_action: "2010-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bc6b622-bd73-4743-b519-342ed4c0f367"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H748&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1c09f4cbf22aa6ecffa76f046fbe9226882ade0843a1da037aab852e1b620ce5"
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 748 (2009) — Citizens United Response.

## 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/H748v0.pdf)
2. **A10: AST-204-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/551/0/H748-AST-204-V-2)
3. **A1: AST-198-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/550/0/H748-AST-198-V-2)
4. **A2: AST-199-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/553/0/H748-AST-199-V-2)
5. **A3: AST-191-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/554/0/H748-AST-191-V-4)
6. **A4: AST-197-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/555/0/H748-AST-197-V-2)
7. **A7: AST-206-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/557/0/H748-AST-206-V-1)
8. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H748v1.pdf)
9. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H748v2.pdf)
10. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H748v3.pdf)
11. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H748v4.pdf)
12. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H748v5.pdf)
13. **SL2010-170** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H748v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur\Sen. Amd. 10 — **63–41** (pass) · lower
- M11 Concur — **57–47** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ross — primary (person)
- Stam — primary (person)
- Weiss — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Blue — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Mackey — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-08-02** Ch. SL 2010-170 `became-law`
- **2010-08-02** Signed By Gov. 8/2/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-10** Pres. To Gov. 7/10/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-10** Ratified
- **2010-07-10** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-10** Concurred In S Amend 10 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-10** Concurred In S Amend 7 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-10** Concurred In S Amend 4 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-10** Concurred In S Amend 3 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-10** Concurred In S Amend 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-10** Concurred In S Amend 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2010
- **2010-07-10** Rec To Concur S Com Sub as amended
- **2010-07-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2010-07-09** Amend Tabled # 11
- **2010-07-09** Amend Adopted # 10 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-09** Amend Failed # 8 `amendment-failure`
- **2010-07-09** Amend Adopted # 7 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-07-08** Amend Failed # 5 `amendment-failure`
- **2010-07-08** Amend Adopted # 4 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-08** Amend Adopted # 3 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-08** Amend Adopted # 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-08** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-07-07** 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
- **2009-04-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-04-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-08** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-24** Ref to the Com on Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bc6b622-bd73-4743-b519-342ed4c0f367`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).