---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community Service/Post-Release Supervision."
description: "Community Service/Post-Release Supervision."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 494"
citation: "North Carolina SB 494 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "PAROLE COMN.", "PAROLE & PROBATION", "PRESENTED", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-27"
last_action: "2013-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fc5ff48-4a0d-43db-ba05-841d7043abc5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S494&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "89aac9b09a1625666d33c3619cfb748d3ec46b98a045d5d2af28e506d6656525"
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 494 (2013) — Community Service/Post-Release Supervision.

## 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/S494v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S494v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S494v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S494v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S494v4.pdf)
6. **SL2013-196** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S494v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-26** Ch. SL 2013-196 `became-law`
- **2013-06-26** Signed by Gov. 6/26/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-19** Pres. To Gov. 06/19/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-18** Ratified
- **2013-06-17** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-17** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-13** Placed On Cal For 06/17/2013
- **2013-06-13** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-11** Placed On Cal For 06/12/2013
- **2013-06-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-06-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-20** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Rec From Senate
- **2013-05-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-05-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-13** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-03-28** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9fc5ff48-4a0d-43db-ba05-841d7043abc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).