---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court Fee Exemption."
description: "Court Fee Exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 2056"
citation: "North Carolina SB 2056 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD ABUSE", "CHILD SUPPORT", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DIVORCE", "FEES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SOCIAL SERVICES DEPTS.", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. MCKISSICK"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-27"
last_action: "2008-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16e099a4-d63a-445a-ad52-fad5b056146a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S2056&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "42620853597acac7c0ad21b1af133dc5c128950c1a7d2cc3e6316b38cf43ce6f"
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 2056 (2007) — Court Fee Exemption.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S2056v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2056v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2056v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2056v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2056v4.pdf)
6. **SL2008-193** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2056v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Boseman — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Foriest — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Goss — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-08-08** Ch. SL 2008-193 `became-law`
- **2008-08-08** Signed By Gov. 8/8/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-18** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-17** Ratified
- **2008-07-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2008-07-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-07-15** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2008
- **2008-07-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-07-09** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-07-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-26** Ref to the Com on Local Government I, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-06-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-23** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-23** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2008-05-28** Ref To Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16e099a4-d63a-445a-ad52-fad5b056146a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).