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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Atty. Fees/Alimony."
+description: "Atty. Fees/Alimony."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2009"
+identifier: "SB 59"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 59 (2009)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "COURTS", "DIVORCE", "EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION", "FEES", "JUDGES", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2009-02-04"
+last_action: "2010-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/044c5e72-9c32-4503-a1ad-c69c0bb95965"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S59&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "f51f5176aae5670f345ae254d678d7045fda79992d31a8bdc10fd57028a6f647"
+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 59 (2009) — Atty. Fees/Alimony.
+
+## 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/S59v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S59v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S59v2.pdf)
+4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S59v3.pdf)
+5. **SL2010-14** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S59v4.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- Second Reading — **104–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rand — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2010-06-23** Ch. SL 2010-14 `became-law`
+- **2010-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2010 `executive-signature`
+- **2010-06-21** Pres. To Gov. 6/18/2010 `executive-receipt`
+- **2010-06-17** Ratified
+- **2010-06-16** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2010-06-15** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2010-05-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
+- **2010-05-25** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
+- **2010-05-25** Rec From House
+- **2010-05-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2010-05-20** Placed On Cal For 5/24/2010
+- **2010-05-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2010-05-20** serial referral to Appropriations stricken
+- **2010-05-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2009-03-25** Ref to the Com on Judiciary I, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2009-03-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-03-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2009-03-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2009-02-05** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
+- **2009-02-04** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/044c5e72-9c32-4503-a1ad-c69c0bb95965`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+