---
type: "Bill"
title: "District Court District 13 Residency."
description: "District Court District 13 Residency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 56"
citation: "North Carolina SB 56 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "COURTS", "DISABLED PERSONS", "DISTRICT COURT", "ELECTIONS", "JUDGES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. SOLES", "BRUNSWICK COUNTY", "BLADEN COUNTY", "COLUMBUS COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-03"
last_action: "2009-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9214774-ee0f-4bec-9ba3-f8ebf5486431"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S56&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "47e1ce472a2875ccbe687421a938ab269dacf40af247a77d9eb29de202d02f7b"
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 56 (2009) — District Court District 13 Residency.

## 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/S56v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S56v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S56v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S56v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-341** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S56v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-24** Ch. SL 2009-341 `became-law`
- **2009-07-24** Signed By Gov. 7/24/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-15** Pres. To Gov. 7/15/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-14** Ratified
- **2009-07-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/13/2009
- **2009-07-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-24** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-14** Ref to the Com on Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-04** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9214774-ee0f-4bec-9ba3-f8ebf5486431`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).