---
type: "Bill"
title: "Est. DV Fatality Review Team/Mecklenburg Co."
description: "Est. DV Fatality Review Team/Mecklenburg Co."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 381"
citation: "North Carolina SB 381 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "CRIMES", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "WOMEN", "SEN. DANNELLY", "MECKLENBURG COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-03"
last_action: "2009-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4f51e43-a5fc-48fd-8d24-7cfe263fecb7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S381&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3bcc715f2df1e4ed70bf67471df7ae0efb0e62d02d9db30b849a573b3ee79509"
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 381 (2009) — Est. DV Fatality Review Team/Mecklenburg Co.

## 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/S381v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARG-24-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1757/0/S381-ARG-24-V-1)
3. **A2: ARG-25-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1758/0/S381-ARG-25-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S381v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S381v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S381v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S381v4.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S381v5.pdf)
9. **SL2009-52** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S381v6.pdf)

## Votes

- A2 Stevens\Second Reading — **111–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-02** Ch. SL 2009-52 `became-law`
- **2009-06-01** Ratified
- **2009-05-28** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-27** Placed On Cal For 5/28/2009
- **2009-05-27** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-05-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-26** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-26** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-21** Placed On Cal For 5/26/2009
- **2009-05-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-08** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-31** Ref to the Com on Local Government I, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-03-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-03-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-04** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4f51e43-a5fc-48fd-8d24-7cfe263fecb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).