---
type: "Bill"
title: "No Elected Off. Recomm./Certain Co./Notaries."
description: "No Elected Off. Recomm./Certain Co./Notaries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 268"
citation: "North Carolina SB 268 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "EMPLOYMENT", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "NOTARY PUBLIC", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-23"
last_action: "2009-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f59bcd1-a41c-4335-95bb-92a7102375de"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S268&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "243ddbe7c08cce9e6f723f8ad95afeaaeaf8f22c3c2236034a97f098b837fd7a"
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 268 (2009) — No Elected Off. Recomm./Certain Co./Notaries.

## 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/S268v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AST-3-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1667/0/S268-AST-3-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S268v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S268v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S268v3.pdf)
6. **SL2009-227** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S268v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-30** Ch. SL 2009-227 `became-law`
- **2009-06-30** Signed By Gov. 6/30/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-24** Pres. To Gov. 6/24/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-23** Ratified
- **2009-06-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-18** Placed On Cal For 6/22/2009
- **2009-06-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-27** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-26** Ref to the Com on Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-03-24** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-23** Placed On Cal For 3/24/2009
- **2009-03-23** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-03-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f59bcd1-a41c-4335-95bb-92a7102375de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).