---
type: "Bill"
title: "Even Out Prior Criminal Record Points."
description: "Even Out Prior Criminal Record Points."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 489"
citation: "North Carolina SB 489 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "FISCAL NOTES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "SEN. KINNAIRD", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-09"
last_action: "2009-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33ab841f-a160-4301-9dac-04952689f82a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S489&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "74686cfd9a634ac79c43bcb0c5e4529c3e34f1e1beb7bf0b4172b43c94410e43"
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 489 (2009) — Even Out Prior Criminal Record Points.

## 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/S489v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S489v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S489v2.pdf)
4. **SL2009-555** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S489v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **63–50** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **61–53** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-28** Ch. SL 2009-555 `became-law`
- **2009-08-28** Signed By Gov. 8/28/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-11** Pres. To Gov. 8/11/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-11** Ratified
- **2009-08-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-08-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-08-06** Postponed To 8/10/2009
- **2009-08-05** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-08-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-07-28** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-20** Ref to the Com on Judiciary II, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-07-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2009
- **2009-07-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-07-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-13** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-10** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33ab841f-a160-4301-9dac-04952689f82a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).