---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certain Notarial Acts Validated."
description: "Certain Notarial Acts Validated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 559"
citation: "North Carolina HB 559 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NOTARY PUBLIC", "OATHS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. E. WARREN", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-11"
last_action: "2009-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30738114-05aa-4406-9681-96882178e649"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H559&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4ef5d17f0b74c8802c40cb939e77b14d75f7a527f86c5990ff8b4da77ed0a664"
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 559 (2009) — Certain Notarial Acts Validated.

## 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H559v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALB-101-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/408/0/H559-ALB-101-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H559v1.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H559v2.pdf)
5. **SL2009-358** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H559v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Sen. Amend. #1\M11 Concur — **115–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- E. Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-27** Ch. SL 2009-358 `became-law`
- **2009-07-27** Signed By Gov. 7/27/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-16** Ratified
- **2009-07-15** Concurred In S Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2009
- **2009-07-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-13** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2009-07-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-08** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2009
- **2009-07-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-25** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2009
- **2009-06-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/25/2009
- **2009-06-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-10** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2009
- **2009-06-10** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-16** Rec From House
- **2009-04-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-14** Placed On Cal For 4/15/2009
- **2009-04-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-04-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-12** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30738114-05aa-4406-9681-96882178e649`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).