---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Rule 4/Acceptance of Service."
description: "Amend Rule 4/Acceptance of Service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 91"
citation: "North Carolina SB 91 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AOC", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "JUDICIAL DEPT.", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Galey", "Sawrey"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 40
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/801f4b09-9907-4454-ba7a-74c077e6a337"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S91"
source_hash: "ed9abf2feb76fe6e56144931812eb540643cc9c3e15d23e1c95ce1a314e9785e"
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 91 (2023) — Amend Rule 4/Acceptance of Service.

## 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/S91v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AST-96-V-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/6749/0/S91-AST-96-V-5)
3. **A1: ATG-12-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/1437/0/S91-ATG-12-V-2)
4. **A3: ASA-55-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/6750/0/S91-ASA-55-V-2)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S91v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S91v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S91v3.pdf)
8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S91v4.pdf)
9. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S91v5.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S91v6.pdf)
11. **SL 2023-97** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S91v7.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Galey — primary (person)
- Sawrey — primary (person)
- B. Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-07-10** Ch. SL 2023-97 `became-law`
- **2023-07-10** Signed by Gov. 7/10/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-03** Pres. To Gov. 7/3/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-07-03** Ratified
- **2023-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-06-29** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2023-06-29** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-06-29** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-29** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2023-06-28** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-06-28** Ordered Engrossed
- **2023-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-28** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-28** Amendment Withdrawn A2 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2023-06-28** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-28** Added to Calendar
- **2023-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-28** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-09** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2023-03-08** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-03-07** Engrossed
- **2023-03-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-02-13** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/801f4b09-9907-4454-ba7a-74c077e6a337`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).