---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adjust Court Juris./Amend Magistrate Term."
description: "Adjust Court Juris./Amend Magistrate Term."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 577"
citation: "North Carolina SB 577 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD CUSTODY", "CHILD SUPPORT", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "COURT CLERKS", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "DISTRICT COURT", "DIVORCE", "DWI", "EMPLOYMENT", "JUDGES", "LIENS", "MAGISTRATES", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "MINORS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "NARCOTICS", "NOTIFICATION", "PERSONNEL", "PREGNANCY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS", "TITLE CHANGE", "VICTIMS RIGHTS", "VISITATION RIGHTS", "WOMEN", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-27"
last_action: "2004-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7eb50bd1-ebb2-4aff-aa36-a3133a5fc0d3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S577&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e755596077bd9250b1a70a2e6eb71a1ba459ca84400881e9ddca91c95658a875"
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 577 (2003) — Adjust Court Juris./Amend Magistrate Term.

## 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/S577v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S577v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S577v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S577v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S577v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S577v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2004-128** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S577v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-26** Ch. SL 2004-128 `became-law`
- **2004-07-26** Signed By Gov. 7/26/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-18** Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-17** Ratified
- **2004-07-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-07-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2004
- **2004-07-17** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2004-07-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2004
- **2004-07-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-07-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-01** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-29** Engrossed
- **2003-04-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-29** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-31** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7eb50bd1-ebb2-4aff-aa36-a3133a5fc0d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).