---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend False Liens Law."
description: "Amend False Liens Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 584"
citation: "North Carolina SB 584 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "FRAUD", "LIENS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "CHAPTERED", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-02"
last_action: "2013-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b9fe896-bf05-42ef-bde8-39be6ecaaf97"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S584&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e0b669dfae4b5a56c3d0cfb73df71a1e2f7b8472b19a890c78487a62e97cd055"
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 584 (2013) — Amend False Liens Law.

## 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/S584v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S584v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S584v2.pdf)
4. **SL2013-170** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S584v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Meredith — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-19** Ch. SL 2013-170 `became-law`
- **2013-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-11** Pres. To Gov. 06/11/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-10** Ratified
- **2013-06-06** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-05** Placed On Cal For 06/06/2013
- **2013-06-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-06-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `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** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-03** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b9fe896-bf05-42ef-bde8-39be6ecaaf97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).