---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Cemetery Act."
description: "Amend Cemetery Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 18"
citation: "North Carolina SB 18 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "CEMETERIES", "CEMETERY COMN.", "COMMISSIONS", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "FUNERAL SERVICES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SPEAKER", "STUDIES", "SURETY & FIDELITY", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. GOSS", "CEMETERY ACT STUDY COMN."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-01-29"
last_action: "2010-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b975a596-0169-4605-8d2c-83e16e67ba3e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S18&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8a1bb8e6971402c07b4f3b589b23a4059e54ba959b2ba05a99f0c6fb5e1a9e44"
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 18 (2009) — Amend Cemetery Act.

## 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/S18v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARQ-41-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1433/0/S18-ARQ-41-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S18v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S18v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S18v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S18v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S18v5.pdf)
8. **SL2010-102** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S18v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goss — cosponsor (person)
- Jacumin — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-20** Ch. SL 2010-102 `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** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-06** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2010
- **2010-07-06** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2010-07-06** Rec From House
- **2010-07-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-07-06** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/6/2010
- **2010-07-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-07-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-17** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-18** Ref to the Com on Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity, if favorable, Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-02** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2009-01-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b975a596-0169-4605-8d2c-83e16e67ba3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).