---
type: "Bill"
title: "Small Claims Court/Trials."
description: "Small Claims Court/Trials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 629"
citation: "North Carolina HB 629 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. SUTTON", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-17"
last_action: "2009-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d22cdf2b-6567-4f37-a49c-5f5faf3b0cbc"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H629&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c00c95b2c607d205a1a5b71bcc12cda26d02943c45e4977fbe3ec35ac5aba83f"
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 629 (2009) — Small Claims Court/Trials.

## 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/H629v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H629v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H629v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H629v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H629v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-359** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H629v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sutton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-27** Ch. SL 2009-359 `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
- **2009-07-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-14** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-25** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-06-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-21** Rec From House
- **2009-04-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-16** Placed On Cal For 4/20/2009
- **2009-04-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-04-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-30** Re-ref Com On Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-18** Ref to the Com on Judiciary III, if favorable, Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d22cdf2b-6567-4f37-a49c-5f5faf3b0cbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).