---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require Experience for Death Penalty Cases."
description: "Require Experience for Death Penalty Cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 109"
citation: "North Carolina SB 109 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "CAPITAL PUNISHMENT", "COURTS", "INDIGENT DEFENSE COMN.", "JUDGES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC DEFENDERS", "RATIFIED", "SEN. R. SHAW", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-07"
last_action: "2001-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8aa719eb-22ef-40c2-aac5-fbeff9bf5893"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S109&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "acd6d5e553306ca6c000743c15f0a2c62b774ec813946e8164257534148ea14d"
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 109 (2001) — Require Experience for Death Penalty Cases.

## Version chain

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

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S109v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S109v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S109v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-392** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S109v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **108–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballantine — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Odom — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw of Guilford — cosponsor (person)
- Wellons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-26** Ch. SL 2001-392 `became-law`
- **2001-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-16** Pres. To Gov. 8/16/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-15** Ratified
- **2001-08-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-08-13** Placed On Cal For 8/14/2001
- **2001-08-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-08-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-17** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-17** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-02-08** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8aa719eb-22ef-40c2-aac5-fbeff9bf5893`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).