---
type: "Bill"
title: "Female Genital Mutilation/Clarify Prohibition."
description: "Female Genital Mutilation/Clarify Prohibition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 9"
citation: "North Carolina SB 9 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "MIDWIFERY", "MINORS", "NURSING", "PHYSICIANS", "PREGNANCY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEX OFFENSES", "WOMEN", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Krawiec", "Sawyer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7fe4c73-c431-4622-ac73-2ebc98d119ff"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S9&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0036cc02ea4fa81f9ae9de7fb2087cccd88e9e47e04a246168f3bf5c09c0286c"
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 9 (2019) — Female Genital Mutilation/Clarify Prohibition.

## 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/S9v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABP-20-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/5751/0/S9-ABP-20-V-3)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S9v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S9v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S9v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S9v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S9v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2019-183** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S9v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Krawiec — primary (person)
- Sawyer — primary (person)
- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Ballard — cosponsor (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Searcy — cosponsor (person)
- T. Alexander — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-08-01** Ch. SL 2019-183 `became-law`
- **2019-08-01** Signed by Gov. 8/1/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-24** Pres. To Gov. 7/24/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-23** Ratified
- **2019-07-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-07-22** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-18** Placed On Cal For 07/22/2019
- **2019-07-18** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2019-07-17** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-07-16** Ordered Engrossed
- **2019-07-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-16** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-15** Placed On Cal For 07/16/2019
- **2019-07-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-07-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-11** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-30** Re-ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-18** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-27** Ref to the Com on Judiciary, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2019-03-26** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-03-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-21** Placed On Cal For 03/25/2019
- **2019-03-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-03-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-03-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-04** Ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7fe4c73-c431-4622-ac73-2ebc98d119ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).