---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Civil Procedure Rule 45."
description: "Amend Civil Procedure Rule 45."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 316"
citation: "North Carolina HB 316 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "EVIDENCE", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. DAUGHTRY", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-21"
last_action: "2007-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1793b9dd-1cfc-4026-b72a-89ed2b9a6b4c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H316&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "30b1ef18a4aa222f7a91f62f3e1a380389fa1707abaa6ffdbacf1a4b9ae581c6"
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 HB 316 (2007) — Amend Civil Procedure Rule 45.

## 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H316v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H316v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H316v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H316v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H316v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H316v5.pdf)
7. **SL2007-514** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H316v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daughtry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-30** Ch. SL 2007-514 `became-law`
- **2007-08-30** Signed By Gov. 8/30/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-31** Pres. To Gov. 7/31/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-31** Ratified
- **2007-07-30** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-28** Placed On Cal For 7/30/2007
- **2007-07-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-28** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-07-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-07-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-26** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2007-07-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-07-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-02** Ref To Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-02** Rec From House
- **2007-03-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-03-28** Postponed To 3/29/2007
- **2007-03-27** Placed On Cal For 3/28/2007
- **2007-03-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-03-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-22** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1793b9dd-1cfc-4026-b72a-89ed2b9a6b4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).