---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifications Regarding Mediation."
description: "Clarifications Regarding Mediation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 52"
citation: "North Carolina SB 52 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "COURT COSTS", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "EDUCATION", "FEES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "MEDIATION & ARBITRATION", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "UNC", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-13"
last_action: "2004-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea885d72-a380-4d78-bd37-401f1969942d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S52&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "81429f5c585625ac87958dec451396060ed25d20d4085dc4610ae8bd17db8703"
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 52 (2003) — Clarifications Regarding Mediation.

## 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/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S52v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S52v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S52v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S52v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S52v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S52v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2004-154** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S52v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **0–43** (fail) · upper
- Motion 8\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-02** Ch. SL 2004-154 `became-law`
- **2004-08-02** Signed By Gov. 8/2/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/16/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-16** Ratified
- **2004-07-16** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-16** Conf Com Withdrawn/dismi
- **2004-07-16** Conf Com Appointed
- **2004-07-16** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2004-07-15** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2004
- **2004-07-15** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2004-07-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2004
- **2004-07-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-07-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-30** Engrossed
- **2003-04-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-30** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-02-17** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea885d72-a380-4d78-bd37-401f1969942d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).