---
type: "Bill"
title: "Magistrates Provide Appointment of Counsel."
description: "Magistrates Provide Appointment of Counsel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 514"
citation: "North Carolina SB 514 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "COURTS", "FISCAL NOTES", "MAGISTRATES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC DEFENDERS", "RATIFIED", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-10"
last_action: "2009-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99ac3490-c133-465c-9483-d5223e64eb2b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S514&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0c558c98dbdf894720c7743f4bb78be8aa9c9ba25bdf38bdc99cfc5886988543"
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 514 (2009) — Magistrates Provide Appointment of Counsel.

## 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/S514v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S514v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S514v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S514v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S514v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-419** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S514v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **106–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-05** Ch. SL 2009-419 `became-law`
- **2009-08-05** Signed By Gov. 8/5/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-29** Pres. To Gov. 7/29/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-28** Ratified
- **2009-07-27** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-23** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2009
- **2009-07-23** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-07-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-15** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2009
- **2009-07-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-23** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-21** Re-ref to the Com on State Government/State Personnel, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-05-11** Ref to the Com on Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-11** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99ac3490-c133-465c-9483-d5223e64eb2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).