---
type: "Bill"
title: "Assess Costs/Restraining Orders."
description: "Assess Costs/Restraining Orders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 409"
citation: "North Carolina SB 409 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMES", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WOMEN", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-25"
last_action: "2013-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab24d785-7ddb-45b6-affb-d7bb5cfe30c3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S409&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c7274359b35a65521eb8b0f7014da986f33bf0f81085153400a8fe324def7955"
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 409 (2013) — Assess Costs/Restraining Orders.

## 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/S409v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S409v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S409v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S409v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S409v4.pdf)
6. **SL2013-390** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S409v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- C RPT Adopted — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Tarte — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-08-23** Ch. SL 2013-390 `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
- **2013-07-25** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-15** Conf Report Adopted
- **2013-07-15** Conf Report Adopted
- **2013-07-11** Placed On Cal For 07/15/2013
- **2013-07-11** Conf Com Reported
- **2013-07-11** Placed On Cal For 07/15/2013
- **2013-07-11** Conf Com Reported
- **2013-06-20** Conf Com Appointed
- **2013-06-20** Conf Com Appointed
- **2013-06-12** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2013-06-11** Placed On Cal For 06/12/2013
- **2013-06-11** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-06-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-06** Placed On Cal For 06/07/2013
- **2013-06-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-06-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-15** Rec From Senate
- **2013-05-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-05-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab24d785-7ddb-45b6-affb-d7bb5cfe30c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).