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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Even Out Prior Criminal Record Points."
+description: "Even Out Prior Criminal Record Points."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2009"
+identifier: "SB 489"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 489 (2009)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "FISCAL NOTES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "SEN. KINNAIRD", "CHAPTERED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2009-03-09"
+last_action: "2009-08-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33ab841f-a160-4301-9dac-04952689f82a"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S489&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "74686cfd9a634ac79c43bcb0c5e4529c3e34f1e1beb7bf0b4172b43c94410e43"
+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 SB 489 (2009) — Even Out Prior Criminal Record Points.
+
+## 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/Senate/PDF/S489v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S489v1.pdf)
+3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S489v2.pdf)
+4. **SL2009-555** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S489v3.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **63–50** (pass) · lower
+- Second Reading — **61–53** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
+- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Snow — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2009-08-28** Ch. SL 2009-555 `became-law`
+- **2009-08-28** Signed By Gov. 8/28/2009 `executive-signature`
+- **2009-08-11** Pres. To Gov. 8/11/2009 `executive-receipt`
+- **2009-08-11** Ratified
+- **2009-08-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2009-08-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2009-08-06** Postponed To 8/10/2009
+- **2009-08-05** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
+- **2009-08-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2009-08-05** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2009-07-28** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2009-07-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2009-07-20** Ref to the Com on Judiciary II, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2009-07-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-07-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2009-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2009
+- **2009-07-13** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2009-07-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2009-05-13** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
+- **2009-05-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2009-03-10** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
+- **2009-03-09** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33ab841f-a160-4301-9dac-04952689f82a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+