---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil Procedure/Deponent Declaration."
description: "Civil Procedure/Deponent Declaration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 508"
citation: "North Carolina SB 508 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "EVIDENCE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WITNESSES", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-02"
last_action: "2019-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6bfc8c1-d903-47b2-a69d-cc593e81a6aa"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S508&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f8a44c2fb7697918f9a3a893eb1511403e608f2bc0cd5b1b111b5ce96ca3e8c8"
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 508 (2019) — Civil Procedure/Deponent Declaration.

## 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/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S508v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S508v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S508v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2019-147** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S508v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bishop — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-22** Ch. SL 2019-147 `became-law`
- **2019-07-22** Signed by Gov. 7/22/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-12** Pres. To Gov. 7/12/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-11** Ratified
- **2019-07-10** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-07-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-09** Placed On Cal For 07/10/2019
- **2019-07-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-07-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-27** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-17** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-05-09** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2019-05-07** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-01** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-03** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6bfc8c1-d903-47b2-a69d-cc593e81a6aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).