---
type: "Bill"
title: "Name Change Requirements for Minors."
description: "Name Change Requirements for Minors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 369"
citation: "North Carolina SB 369 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD ABUSE", "CRIMES", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEX OFFENSES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-19"
last_action: "2013-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5022613e-c1de-4c40-82c9-3ee0ccb9978a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S369&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "389c0bb62988e26ed34c41b95b2660ca9d175e4cb5cb05ece5cd0cc42266085b"
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 369 (2013) — Name Change Requirements for Minors.

## 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/S369v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S369v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S369v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S369v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S369v4.pdf)
6. **SL2013-42** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S369v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-05-08** Ch. SL 2013-42 `became-law`
- **2013-05-08** Signed by Gov. 5/8/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-01** Pres. To Gov. 05/01/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-30** Ratified
- **2013-04-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-04-29** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-25** Placed On Cal For 04/29/2013
- **2013-04-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-04-24** Placed On Cal For 04/25/2013
- **2013-04-24** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-04-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-22** Postponed To 04/23/2013
- **2013-04-18** Placed On Cal For 04/22/2013
- **2013-04-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-09** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-08** Rec From Senate
- **2013-04-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-03** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-04-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5022613e-c1de-4c40-82c9-3ee0ccb9978a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).