---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motion for Appropriate Relief/New Requirement."
description: "Motion for Appropriate Relief/New Requirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 853"
citation: "North Carolina SB 853 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. VAUGHAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-24"
last_action: "2009-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/459f27b4-1a3f-47ab-8b48-1c6d51f42e46"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S853&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9767debbf50111009e00e1dc7f6058155920d954098779bbae7aa9e4af42e5d1"
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 853 (2009) — Motion for Appropriate Relief/New Requirement.

## 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/S853v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S853v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S853v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S853v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S853v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-517** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S853v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vaughan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-26** Ch. SL 2009-517 `became-law`
- **2009-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-05** Pres. To Gov. 8/5/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-04** Ratified
- **2009-08-03** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-30** Placed On Cal For 8/3/2009
- **2009-07-29** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-07-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-28** Placed On Cal For 7/29/2009
- **2009-07-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-28** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-02** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-27** Ref to the Com on Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/459f27b4-1a3f-47ab-8b48-1c6d51f42e46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).