---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recording of Court-Filed Documents."
description: "Recording of Court-Filed Documents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 445"
citation: "North Carolina SB 445 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL ACTIONS", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURT CLERKS", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DEEDS", "INDIGENTS", "POVERTY", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "RECORDATION OF INSTRUMENTS", "RECORDS", "REGISTER OF DEEDS", "RENTALS & LEASING", "VETO OVERRIDDEN", "VETOED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-30"
last_action: "2024-11-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f83fc858-3aeb-4baf-bc04-f344ede6f495"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S445"
source_hash: "cd323d1caf1ef2c6eedac7b4b38cc735639870b2178cab9b4af1ce16a33c1369"
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 445 (2023) — Recording of Court-Filed Documents.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S445v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASA-87-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/9233/0/S445-ASA-87-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S445v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S445v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S445v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S445v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2024-54** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S445v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Veto Override — **72–44** (pass) · lower
- Motion 11 Veto Override — **27–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-19** Ch. SL 2024-54 `became-law`
- **2024-11-19** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2024-10-24** Placed On Cal For 11/19/2024
- **2024-10-24** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2024-10-09** Placed On Cal For 10/24/2024
- **2024-10-09** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2024-09-11** Placed On Cal For 10/09/2024
- **2024-09-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2024-09-09** Placed On Cal For 09/11/2024
- **2024-09-09** Veto Received from Senate
- **2024-09-09** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2024-09-09** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2024-09-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2024-07-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-08** Vetoed 07/08/2024 `executive-veto`
- **2024-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-28** Ratified
- **2024-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2024-06-27** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2024
- **2024-06-26** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2024-06-26** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2024-06-26** Ordered Engrossed
- **2024-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-06-26** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-26** Added to Calendar
- **2024-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2024-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-26** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-25** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-25** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-05-01** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-27** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2023-04-27** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-03** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f83fc858-3aeb-4baf-bc04-f344ede6f495`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).