---
type: "Bill"
title: "Partition Sales/Commrs., Sellers, Buyers."
description: "Partition Sales/Commrs., Sellers, Buyers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 578"
citation: "North Carolina HB 578 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPRAISALS", "ATTORNEYS", "COURTS", "LANDOWNERS", "MEDIATION & ARBITRATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALES", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "REP. BRYANT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Bryant", "Michaux"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-12"
last_action: "2009-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e2a49b8-875d-46f0-8ef7-a79563e60994"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H578&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "fb52686ee9fe7b9484ba6dfc41dde5e69c7e4952e824f3e94c9300a64fc0aa7b"
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 578 (2009) — Partition Sales/Commrs., Sellers, Buyers.

## 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/H578v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H578v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H578v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H578v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H578v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H578v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H578v6.pdf)
8. **SL2009-512** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H578v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **108–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Bryant — primary (person)
- Michaux — primary (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-26** Ch. SL 2009-512 `became-law`
- **2009-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-11** Pres. To Gov. 8/11/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-11** Ratified
- **2009-08-10** Conf Report Adopted
- **2009-08-07** Placed On Cal For 8/10/2009
- **2009-08-07** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-08-07** Conf Report Adopted
- **2009-08-07** Placed On Cal For 8/7/2009
- **2009-08-07** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-08-06** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-08-06** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-08-06** Failed concur in S/Com Sub
- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-08-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-08-05** Ref To Com On Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity `referral-committee`
- **2009-08-05** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-08-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-08-05** Amendment Withdrawn #2 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2009-08-05** Amend Failed #1 `amendment-failure`
- **2009-08-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-08-03** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-08-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-27** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-07-23** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2009
- **2009-07-23** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-07-22** Placed On Cal For 7/23/2009
- **2009-07-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-07-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-07-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2009
- **2009-05-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-07** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-16** Ref to the Com on Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e2a49b8-875d-46f0-8ef7-a79563e60994`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).