---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Bar Review Committee Recommendations."
description: "State Bar Review Committee Recommendations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 790"
citation: "North Carolina SB 790 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "ATTORNEYS", "CHAPTERED", "COMMISSIONS", "DISCIPLINARY HEARING COMN.", "EMPLOYMENT", "ETHICS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "NOTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "STATE BAR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sawrey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-05-01"
last_action: "2024-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd4af2db-737f-448b-b8e5-35a1cbb205f0"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S790"
source_hash: "709ecf8ca5bcb48c86d6e4dfb741321764f3e45275809a28822f348ea54608f3"
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 790 (2023) — State Bar Review Committee Recommendations.

## 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/S790v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S790v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S790v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S790v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2024-25** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S790v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **79–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sawrey — primary (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-28** Ch. SL 2024-25 `became-law`
- **2024-06-28** Signed by Gov. 6/28/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-20** Ratified
- **2024-06-19** Ordered Enrolled
- **2024-06-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-06-19** Added to Calendar
- **2024-06-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2024-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-05** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-03** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-03** Withdrawn From Com
- **2024-05-28** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-05-24** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2024-05-24** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2024-05-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-14** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2024-05-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02** Withdrawn From Com
- **2024-05-02** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-05-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd4af2db-737f-448b-b8e5-35a1cbb205f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).