---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jury Exemptions/72 and Older."
description: "Jury Exemptions/72 and Older."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 321"
citation: "North Carolina SB 321 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGING", "COURTS", "JURIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-02"
last_action: "2005-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55d32ebf-1743-4d90-a0e2-688c073cdba2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S321&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "52e4247aa973c58198b86ff78aaac2c2c778d101cc501e68e1f81d2c4f306cb2"
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 321 (2005) — Jury Exemptions/72 and Older.

## 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/S321v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S321v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S321v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S321v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S321v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-149** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S321v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **82–33** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-07-05** Ch. SL 2005-149 `became-law`
- **2005-07-05** Signed By Gov. 7/5/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-27** Ratified
- **2005-06-23** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-06-22** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2005
- **2005-06-22** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2005-06-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-20** Placed On Cal For 6/21/2005
- **2005-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-28** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-28** Rec From Senate
- **2005-04-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-04-21** Placed On Cal For 4/26/2005
- **2005-04-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-04-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-04-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-03** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55d32ebf-1743-4d90-a0e2-688c073cdba2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).