---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pedestrian Safety Improvements."
description: "Pedestrian Safety Improvements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 595"
citation: "North Carolina SB 595 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "DEATH & DYING", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HUMAN BLOOD & ORGANS", "LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMN.", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "ORGAN DONATIONS", "POWER OF ATTORNEY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. GOODALL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-12"
last_action: "2010-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b53610f-003b-4a7a-8fb2-392de53e36ae"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S595&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "766781876c697b9adcc8a79bfa960aad0e2037989c7de5f960f8f5ed7a5d1eb2"
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 595 (2009) — Pedestrian Safety Improvements.

## 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/S595v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASQ-74-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1924/0/S595-ASQ-74-V-4)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S595v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S595v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S595v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S595v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S595v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S595v6.pdf)
9. **SL2010-37** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S595v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Brunstetter — cosponsor (person)
- East — cosponsor (person)
- Goodall — cosponsor (person)
- Preston — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
- Vaughan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-01** Ch. SL 2010-37 `became-law`
- **2010-07-01** Signed By Gov. 7/1/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-06-28** Ratified
- **2010-06-24** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2010-06-23** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-21** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-21** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2010-06-17** Rec From House
- **2010-06-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2010
- **2010-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-06-15** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-04** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-04** Serial referral to Com on Transportation stricken
- **2009-06-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-19** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-14** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-11** Re-ref Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-03-16** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b53610f-003b-4a7a-8fb2-392de53e36ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).