---
type: "Bill"
title: "Atty. Fees/Alimony."
description: "Atty. Fees/Alimony."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 59"
citation: "North Carolina SB 59 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "COURTS", "DIVORCE", "EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION", "FEES", "JUDGES", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-04"
last_action: "2010-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/044c5e72-9c32-4503-a1ad-c69c0bb95965"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S59&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f51f5176aae5670f345ae254d678d7045fda79992d31a8bdc10fd57028a6f647"
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 59 (2009) — Atty. Fees/Alimony.

## 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/S59v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S59v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S59v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S59v3.pdf)
5. **SL2010-14** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S59v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **104–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-06-23** Ch. SL 2010-14 `became-law`
- **2010-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-06-21** Pres. To Gov. 6/18/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-06-17** Ratified
- **2010-06-16** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2010-06-15** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-25** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2010-05-25** Rec From House
- **2010-05-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-05-20** Placed On Cal For 5/24/2010
- **2010-05-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-05-20** serial referral to Appropriations stricken
- **2010-05-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-25** Ref to the Com on Judiciary I, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-03-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-05** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/044c5e72-9c32-4503-a1ad-c69c0bb95965`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).