---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judgment Bonding Legislation."
description: "Judgment Bonding Legislation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 784"
citation: "North Carolina SB 784 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "JUDGMENTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SURETY & FIDELITY", "TORTS", "SEN. HORTON", "SEN. BERGER", "SEN. GARROU", "SEN. HAGAN", "SEN. HARTSELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-02"
last_action: "2003-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/223fbb15-a487-4c85-b629-48ea5ed32641"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S784&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "97e07aebd455a244cb8e10d622d7ebfff3621dc725e3803ba21e70d9c5ef38ad"
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 784 (2003) — Judgment Bonding Legislation.

## 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/S784v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S784v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S784v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S784v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-19** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S784v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–2** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berger — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-04-24** Ch. SL 2003-19 `became-law`
- **2003-04-24** Signed By Gov. 4/23/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-04-23** Pres. To Gov. 4/22/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-04-22** Ratified
- **2003-04-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-10** Placed On Cal For 4/14/2003
- **2003-04-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-08** Ref To Com On Judiciary IV `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-08** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-08** Placed On Cal For 4/8/2003
- **2003-04-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-03** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/223fbb15-a487-4c85-b629-48ea5ed32641`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).