---
type: "Bill"
title: "Statute of Repose/Products Liability."
description: "Statute of Repose/Products Liability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 882"
citation: "North Carolina SB 882 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COMMERCE", "COURTS", "MANUFACTURING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TORTS", "SEN. HARTSELL", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-25"
last_action: "2009-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61f2f327-ec48-45be-af71-83a022d91376"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S882&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "cc7555ac0299f72c0a5f139c91951acfc6dfbffd6e492dac9cb557942ad2d279"
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 882 (2009) — Statute of Repose/Products Liability.

## 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/S882v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AST-10-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/2203/0/S882-AST-10-V-2)
3. **A2: AST-11-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/2204/0/S882-AST-11-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S882v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S882v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S882v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S882v4.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S882v5.pdf)
9. **SL2009-420** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S882v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **43–2** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-05** Ch. SL 2009-420 `became-law`
- **2009-08-05** Signed By Gov. 8/5/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-29** Pres. To Gov. 7/29/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-28** Ratified
- **2009-07-27** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-23** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2009
- **2009-07-23** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-07-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-21** Placed On Cal For 7/22/2009
- **2009-07-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-15** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-14** Ref to the Com on Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-05-12** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-11** Placed On Cal For 5/12/2009
- **2009-05-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-05-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-07** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Placed On Cal For 5/7/2009
- **2009-05-06** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-05-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `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/61f2f327-ec48-45be-af71-83a022d91376`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).