---
type: "Bill"
title: "Partition Sales/Extend Report & Answer Times."
description: "Partition Sales/Extend Report & Answer Times."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 581"
citation: "North Carolina HB 581 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "LANDOWNERS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALES", "CHAPTERED", "REP. STAM", "REP. SPEAR", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "REP. BRYANT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryant", "Spear", "Stam"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-12"
last_action: "2009-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9a7e997-2c70-46ee-a324-cb182d64c580"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H581&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e376b146592fa867f267ee9c52c35e672c48b33c49e2bbea20430f393e87e257"
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 581 (2009) — Partition Sales/Extend Report & Answer Times.

## 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/H581v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H581v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H581v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H581v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-362** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H581v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **115–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryant — primary (person)
- Spear — primary (person)
- Stam — primary (person)
- Blue — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Michaux — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-27** Ch. SL 2009-362 `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/Com Sub `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 S Com Sub
- **2009-07-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2009
- **2009-07-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-15** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-15** Rec From House
- **2009-04-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-13** Placed On Cal For 4/14/2009
- **2009-04-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-04-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-02** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-02** Reptd Fav `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/d9a7e997-2c70-46ee-a324-cb182d64c580`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).