---
type: "Bill"
title: "Access to Public Trial Preparation Material."
description: "Access to Public Trial Preparation Material."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 856"
citation: "North Carolina SB 856 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-22"
last_action: "2005-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/081829d6-f55e-4b9a-8f66-52fe1e4c77f8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S856&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a310ccde047c03709432eeac2957290000ef7ee5e005b56e593df301790a695c"
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 856 (2005) — Access to Public Trial Preparation Material.

## 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/S856v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S856v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S856v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S856v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S856v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-332** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S856v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **106–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-08-26** Ch. SL 2005-332 `became-law`
- **2005-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-19** Pres. To Gov. 8/17/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-16** Ratified
- **2005-08-12** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-11** Placed On Cal For 8/12/2005
- **2005-08-11** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2005-08-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-11** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2005-08-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-11** 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`
- **2005-03-23** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/081829d6-f55e-4b9a-8f66-52fe1e4c77f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).