---
type: "Bill"
title: "Access to Juvenile Records/Violent Offenders."
description: "Access to Juvenile Records/Violent Offenders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 984"
citation: "North Carolina SB 984 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "JUVENILE CODE", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. MCKISSICK"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-25"
last_action: "2009-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13100cad-1e59-4fbb-8d84-7e304a72a0cb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S984&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e6881b1853cd3938a08415f69e52cd3c2e57ba81fc63ac9bcd67cb1cd357bed1"
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 984 (2009) — Access to Juvenile Records/Violent Offenders.

## 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/S984v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S984v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S984v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S984v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S984v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-545** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S984v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berger of Rockingham — cosponsor (person)
- Clary — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-28** Ch. SL 2009-545 `became-law`
- **2009-08-28** Signed By Gov. 8/28/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-11** Pres. To Gov. 8/11/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-11** Ratified
- **2009-08-07** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/7/2009
- **2009-08-06** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-06** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-08-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-08-05** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-08-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-08-04** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-08-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-14** Ref to the Com on Juvenile Justice, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-07** 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/13100cad-1e59-4fbb-8d84-7e304a72a0cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).