---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil Rules – Filing of Papers Clarified."
description: "Civil Rules – Filing of Papers Clarified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 465"
citation: "North Carolina SB 465 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. P. BERGER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-09"
last_action: "2005-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a393977d-0d57-450c-9bad-b8d4557e095b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S465&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6100b995695fcfc91864a5e63d836836d7270e910a3151695e947bf2d7e8364c"
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 465 (2005) — Civil Rules – Filing of Papers Clarified.

## 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/S465v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S465v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S465v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S465v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-138** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S465v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berger of Rockingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-06-29** Ch. SL 2005-138 `became-law`
- **2005-06-29** Signed By Gov. 6/29/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-23** Pres. To Gov. 6/23/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-22** Ratified
- **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 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Rec From Senate
- **2005-04-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-04-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-04-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-10** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a393977d-0d57-450c-9bad-b8d4557e095b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).