---
type: "Bill"
title: "Divorce/DVPO/Child Support Changes."
description: "Divorce/DVPO/Child Support Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 589"
citation: "North Carolina HB 589 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD SUPPORT", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DIVORCE", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WOMEN", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "REP. STEVENS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-04"
last_action: "2012-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c21f9b9-7962-4f64-980a-9151de7e3f51"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H589&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "444ccb2586e71087eb59815877c08a0c6eb8ae86cde3c12ae172761ea2f65587"
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 HB 589 (2011) — Divorce/DVPO/Child Support Changes.

## 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H589v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H589v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H589v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H589v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H589v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H589v5.pdf)
7. **SL2012-20** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H589v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **114–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- T. Moore — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-06-11** Ch. SL 2012-20 `became-law`
- **2012-06-11** Signed By Gov. 6/11/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-08** Pres. To Gov. 6/8/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-07** Ratified
- **2012-06-06** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-06** Placed On Cal For 6/6/2012
- **2012-06-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-06** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2012-06-05** Rec From Senate
- **2012-06-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-05-31** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2012-05-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-11** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-11** Rec From House
- **2011-05-10** Ordered Engrossed
- **2011-05-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-10** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-10** Amend Failed 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2011-05-05** Postponed To 5/10/2011
- **2011-05-04** Placed On Cal For 5/5/2011
- **2011-05-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-05-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-05** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c21f9b9-7962-4f64-980a-9151de7e3f51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).