---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify/Enhance Domestic Vio. & Tenancy Laws."
description: "Clarify/Enhance Domestic Vio. & Tenancy Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 1029"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1029 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURT CLERKS", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "HOUSING", "LANDLORD & TENANT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SHERIFFS", "WOMEN", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. COWELL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-23"
last_action: "2005-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6a2a01d-d0f6-4dfd-8729-774d066fd055"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S1029&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "870b76b7758ec183bf1bb297a6116719801151606171cbe94d2fd721f5aa2799"
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 1029 (2005) — Clarify/Enhance Domestic Vio. & Tenancy Laws.

## 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/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1029v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1029v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1029v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1029v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1029v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-423** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1029v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Cowell — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-22** Ch. SL 2005-423 `became-law`
- **2005-09-22** Signed By Gov. 9/22/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-24** Pres. To Gov. 8/24/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-24** Ratified
- **2005-08-23** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-23** Placed On Cal For 8/23/2005
- **2005-08-23** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2005-08-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-22** Placed On Cal For 8/23/2005
- **2005-08-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-18** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-08-04** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2005-08-04** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-08-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-02** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-02** Rec From Senate
- **2005-06-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-31** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-05-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6a2a01d-d0f6-4dfd-8729-774d066fd055`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).