---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expunctions/Purge Online Databases."
description: "Expunctions/Purge Online Databases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 262"
citation: "North Carolina SB 262 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURT CLERKS", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "DATA SYSTEMS", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "RATIFIED", "SEN. D. BERGER", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-19"
last_action: "2009-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e106cac-b3e0-437d-8c17-b63889b7b2ba"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S262&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "21a25aa214023dfe4fe5b84c2695f5484e75869a5c9ec7c7d5ec5e17b2ce20e0"
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 262 (2009) — Expunctions/Purge Online Databases.

## 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/S262v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S262v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S262v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S262v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S262v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S262v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S262v6.pdf)
8. **SL2009-510** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S262v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **103–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Rockingham — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Goss — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)
- Vaughan — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-26** Ch. SL 2009-510 `became-law`
- **2009-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-11** Pres. To Gov. 8/11/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-11** Ratified
- **2009-08-07** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-07** Placed On Cal For 8/7/2009
- **2009-08-07** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-08-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-08-06** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-09** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-18** Ref to the Com on Judiciary II, if favorable, Finance `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`
- **2009-03-30** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-03-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-23** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e106cac-b3e0-437d-8c17-b63889b7b2ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).