---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limit Appeals to Superior Court."
description: "Limit Appeals to Superior Court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 182"
citation: "North Carolina SB 182 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DISTRICT COURT", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PAROLE & PROBATION", "PRESENTED", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 11
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-05"
last_action: "2013-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db149575-da2c-46d9-a839-36f6ee685695"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S182&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "16de412b6106f13494e820dd0f2bb2e0ab8f628b83291ac39ecbd6c23659bc58"
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 182 (2013) — Limit Appeals to Superior Court.

## 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/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S182v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMM-18-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/5346/0/S182-AMM-18-V-1)
3. **A1: ARV-63-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/7141/0/S182-ARV-63-V-1)
4. **A2: ARV-64-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/7159/0/S182-ARV-64-V-2)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S182v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S182v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S182v3.pdf)
8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S182v4.pdf)
9. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S182v5.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S182v6.pdf)
11. **SL2013-385** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S182v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- C RPT Adoption — **109–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brunstetter — cosponsor (person)
- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Randleman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-08-23** Ch. SL 2013-385 `became-law`
- **2013-08-23** Signed by Gov. 8/23/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-26** Pres. To Gov. 07/29/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-26** Ratified
- **2013-07-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-25** Conf Report Adopted
- **2013-07-25** Conf Report Adopted
- **2013-07-25** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2013-07-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2013-07-25** Conf Rept Withdrawn
- **2013-07-25** Added to Calendar
- **2013-07-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2013-07-25** Conf Rpt Withdrawn
- **2013-07-25** Conf Rpt Recon
- **2013-07-25** Placed on Today's Supplemental Calendar
- **2013-07-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2013-07-25** Conf Report Adopted
- **2013-07-25** Added to Calendar
- **2013-07-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2013-07-24** Conf Com Appointed
- **2013-07-24** Conf Com Appointed
- **2013-07-24** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2013-07-23** Placed On Cal For 07/24/2013
- **2013-07-23** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-07-23** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-07-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-23** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-22** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-18** Placed On Cal For 07/22/2013
- **2013-07-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-07-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Rec From Senate
- **2013-05-15** Engrossed
- **2013-05-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-15** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-05-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-06** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db149575-da2c-46d9-a839-36f6ee685695`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).