---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protect Victims/DV Shelters."
description: "Protect Victims/DV Shelters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 140"
citation: "North Carolina SB 140 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "FISCAL NOTES", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WEAPONS", "WOMEN", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. SNOW"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-11"
last_action: "2010-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f46c90c4-ada1-4440-846a-fbcda6da3500"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S140&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4b65d8d187ae945fa36bb0bc173e4ea268914427a12855a263dd834f7f57c18d"
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 140 (2009) — Protect Victims/DV Shelters.

## 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/S140v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S140v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S140v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S140v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S140v4.pdf)
6. **SL2010-5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S140v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Vaughan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-06-07** Ch. SL 2010-5 `became-law`
- **2010-06-07** Signed By Gov. 6/7/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-06-07** Pres. To Gov. 6/4/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-06-03** Ratified
- **2010-06-02** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2010-06-01** Placed On Cal For 6/2/2010
- **2010-06-01** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2010-05-28** Rec From House
- **2010-05-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-05-26** Placed On Cal For 5/27/2010
- **2010-05-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-05-26** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-23** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-13** Ref to the Com on Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-07-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-07-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2009
- **2009-07-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-03-03** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-12** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f46c90c4-ada1-4440-846a-fbcda6da3500`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).