---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extend and Expand First Commit Pilot."
description: "Extend and Expand First Commit Pilot."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 1309"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1309 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DHHS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "PRESENTED", "PSYCHIATRY", "PSYCHOLOGY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. NESBITT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-05-19"
last_action: "2010-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dcf5d6f-c9e1-4ad7-962d-d022012c1ff0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S1309&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4cea4a7191dd52b13da7bbd736bf424bc212e5fa83e2d6c355e299d18fcfc906"
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 1309 (2009) — Extend and Expand First Commit Pilot.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1309v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1309v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1309v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1309v3.pdf)
5. **SL2010-119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1309v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-20** Ch. SL 2010-119 `became-law`
- **2010-07-20** Signed By Gov. 7/20/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-08** Pres. To Gov. 7/8/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-08** Ratified
- **2010-07-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-07-06** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2010
- **2010-07-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-07-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-21** Assigned To Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-16** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-31** Ref to the Com on Mental Health Reform, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-05-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-05-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-05-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-20** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2dcf5d6f-c9e1-4ad7-962d-d022012c1ff0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).