---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tort Claims Act/Local Gov. Opt-In."
description: "Tort Claims Act/Local Gov. Opt-In."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 859"
citation: "North Carolina SB 859 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "TORTS", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-25"
last_action: "2009-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba382a9d-39ae-4327-9708-b38b5ca76e74"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S859&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "73252e85d2d4efc8518a39d2bbe7a5c302688dec793556f2f60a30ceb8fd8ae9"
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 859 (2009) — Tort Claims Act/Local Gov. Opt-In.

## 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/S859v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALB-134-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/2180/0/S859-ALB-134-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S859v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S859v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S859v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S859v4.pdf)
7. **SL2009-519** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S859v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-26** Ch. SL 2009-519 `became-law`
- **2009-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-06** Pres. To Gov. 8/6/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-06** Ratified
- **2009-08-06** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-05** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-04** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-08-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-08-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-08-03** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-30** Placed On Cal For 8/3/2009
- **2009-07-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-25** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-18** Ref to the Com on Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba382a9d-39ae-4327-9708-b38b5ca76e74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).