---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motion Hearings in Multicounty Dist./RCP 7."
description: "Motion Hearings in Multicounty Dist./RCP 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 586"
citation: "North Carolina SB 586 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "SEN. NEWTON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-13"
last_action: "2011-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca5e4adb-3bd5-4c16-8ac2-99a559b2bdcf"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S586&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0d3c95d4a1110158af9a12463f12c55ba4b606d53347f16f3e72834b09b3401b"
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 586 (2011) — Motion Hearings in Multicounty Dist./RCP 7.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S586v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATG-194-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/1307/0/S586-ATG-194-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S586v1.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S586v2.pdf)
5. **SL2011-317** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S586v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **95–19** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE AMD 1\Motion 9\To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Goolsby — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-27** Ch. SL 2011-317 `became-law`
- **2011-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/27/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-17** Ratified
- **2011-06-16** Concurred In H Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2011
- **2011-06-16** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2011-06-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-16** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-09** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-14** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca5e4adb-3bd5-4c16-8ac2-99a559b2bdcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).