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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Clarify Entitlement to Counsel/Appointment."
+description: "Clarify Entitlement to Counsel/Appointment."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2009"
+identifier: "HB 506"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 506 (2009)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "CAPITAL PUNISHMENT", "CORRECTION DEPT.", "COURT CLERKS", "COURT COSTS", "COURTS", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "GUARDIANSHIP", "INCOMPETENTS", "INDIGENTS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC DEFENDERS", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "INDIGENT DEFENSE SERVICES OFFICE", "REP. ROSS", "REP. GOODWIN"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "Ross"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2009-03-05"
+last_action: "2009-07-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f91a7405-94f2-47f6-a1c5-909a432e648f"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H506&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "329628a710a6482bba6a0ed072a71879927ccfa1b6e6571b0b92bd7abd094e93"
+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 506 (2009) — Clarify Entitlement to Counsel/Appointment.
+
+## 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/H506v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H506v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H506v2.pdf)
+4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H506v3.pdf)
+5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H506v4.pdf)
+6. **SL2009-387** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H506v5.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- M11 Concur — **117–0** (pass) · lower
+- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+- Ross — primary (person)
+- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
+- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
+- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2009-07-31** Ch. SL 2009-387 `became-law`
+- **2009-07-31** Signed By Gov. 7/31/2009 `executive-signature`
+- **2009-07-21** Pres. To Gov. 7/21/2009 `executive-receipt`
+- **2009-07-20** Ratified
+- **2009-07-16** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2009-07-15** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2009
+- **2009-07-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2009-07-15** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2009-07-13** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
+- **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`
+- **2009-05-14** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
+- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
+- **2009-05-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2009-05-11** Placed On Cal For 5/12/2009
+- **2009-05-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2009-05-11** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2009-03-25** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2009-03-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2009-03-09** Ref to the Com on Judiciary I, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2009-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-03-05** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f91a7405-94f2-47f6-a1c5-909a432e648f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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