---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jurisdictional Amts/Arbitration/Sm Claims Ct."
description: "Jurisdictional Amts/Arbitration/Sm Claims Ct."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 452"
citation: "North Carolina SB 452 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURT COSTS & FEES", "COURTS", "FEES", "JUDGMENTS", "MEDIATION & ARBITRATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-26"
last_action: "2013-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7013342c-bbbf-48c2-88cd-617e2b6c1ba0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S452&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d12dde8de961497d0c6570388803c02aadc898530a7b2290e38b47e71508880a"
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 452 (2013) — Jurisdictional Amts/Arbitration/Sm Claims Ct.

## 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/S452v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALB-77-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/5687/0/S452-ALB-77-V-1)
3. **A2: ARV-51-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/5782/0/S452-ARV-51-V-2)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S452v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S452v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S452v3.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S452v4.pdf)
8. **SL2013-159** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S452v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goolsby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-19** Ch. SL 2013-159 `became-law`
- **2013-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-13** Pres. To Gov. 06/14/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-13** Ratified
- **2013-06-12** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-12** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-10** Placed On Cal For 06/12/2013
- **2013-06-10** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-06-06** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-06-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-06** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-05** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-03** Placed On Cal For 06/04/2013
- **2013-06-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-06-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-30** Rec From Senate
- **2013-04-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **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** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-04-17** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-04-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-27** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7013342c-bbbf-48c2-88cd-617e2b6c1ba0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).