---
type: "Bill"
title: "Incapacity to Proceed Amendments."
description: "Incapacity to Proceed Amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 45"
citation: "North Carolina SB 45 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DISABLED PERSONS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INCOMPETENTS", "INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MHDDSAS COMN.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SUBSTANCE ABUSE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-04"
last_action: "2013-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8974fbf5-8b57-4549-b5b5-c235231e590b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S45&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d10d23b113c557bcb6f24519749541dbf4aea2c2a6ab6b667a832877c291f1d4"
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 45 (2013) — Incapacity to Proceed Amendments.

## 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/S45v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S45v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S45v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S45v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-18** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S45v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Randleman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-04-03** Ch. SL 2013-18 `became-law`
- **2013-04-03** Signed by Gov. 4/3/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-03-28** Pres. To Gov. 03/28/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-03-27** Ratified
- **2013-03-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-03-26** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-03-25** Placed On Cal For 03/26/2013
- **2013-03-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-03-21** Placed On Cal For 03/25/2013
- **2013-03-21** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-03-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-03-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-14** Placed On Cal For 03/19/2013
- **2013-03-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-03-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-11** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** Rec From Senate
- **2013-03-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-03-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-05** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8974fbf5-8b57-4549-b5b5-c235231e590b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).