---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protection Against Unconst. Foreign Judgmnts."
description: "Protection Against Unconst. Foreign Judgmnts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 596"
citation: "North Carolina SB 596 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "DIVORCE", "EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION", "JUDGMENTS", "MARRIAGE & CIVIL UNIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "FAMILY ISSUES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Krawiec", "Newton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-26"
last_action: "2015-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7dc02481-7dbc-4a0c-9d4d-677b9c2fb3a1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S596&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "209f62b9b6c28e755537eea70ab8dd6453e8ef3b25fd95644735b67aa706c887"
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 596 (2015) — Protection Against Unconst. Foreign Judgmnts.

## 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/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S596v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S596v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S596v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S596v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-107** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S596v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **86–21** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **107–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Krawiec — primary (person)
- Newton — primary (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Wade — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-24** Ch. SL 2015-107 `became-law`
- **2015-06-24** Signed by Gov. 6/24/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-17** Pres. To Gov. 06/17/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-06-16** Ratified
- **2015-06-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-06-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-06-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-06-10** Postponed To 06/11/2015
- **2015-06-10** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-06-10** Added to Calendar
- **2015-06-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-06-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-06-02** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-02** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-27** Ref to the Com on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-04-23** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-04-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-04-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-15** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-30** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7dc02481-7dbc-4a0c-9d4d-677b9c2fb3a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).