---
type: "Bill"
title: "District 13 County Resident Judgeships."
description: "District 13 County Resident Judgeships."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 1991"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1991 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "COURTS", "DISTRICT COURT", "ELECTIONS", "JUDGES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. SOLES", "BRUNSWICK COUNTY", "BLADEN COUNTY", "COLUMBUS COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-05-25"
last_action: "2006-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8085ea4-e574-4f24-8703-7d9f095bc28c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S1991&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "555fc7f4d84a043424e385177ea38db9900dda4010be7be61212bb7a14894e0d"
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 1991 (2005) — District 13 County Resident Judgeships.

## 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/S1991v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1991v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1991v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1991v3.pdf)
5. **SL2006-96** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1991v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **107–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-07-11** Ch. SL 2006-96 `became-law`
- **2006-07-11** Became Law W/o Signature `became-law`
- **2006-07-03** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-30** Ratified
- **2006-06-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-30** Placed On Cal For 6/30/2006
- **2006-06-30** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2006-06-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-06-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-29** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-29** Rec From Senate
- **2006-06-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2006-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-21** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-21** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2006-05-26** Ref To Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2006-05-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8085ea4-e574-4f24-8703-7d9f095bc28c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).