---
type: "Bill"
title: "Determining Senior Resident Sup Ct Judge."
description: "Determining Senior Resident Sup Ct Judge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1398"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1398 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "JUDGES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SUPREME COURT", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GOODWIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-09"
last_action: "2010-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3c11a04-34f9-49d3-8b69-448d2b51fcdf"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1398&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "89256173074aacb6994f2a5b42a1ab2a0a8421d125e7eb19611dc9b044eb2f0e"
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 HB 1398 (2009) — Determining Senior Resident Sup Ct Judge.

## 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1398v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1398v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1398v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1398v3.pdf)
5. **SL2010-105** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1398v4.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **104–4** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-20** Ch. SL 2010-105 `became-law`
- **2010-07-20** Signed By Gov. 7/20/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-10** Pres. To Gov. 7/10/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-10** Ratified
- **2010-07-09** Conf Report Adopted
- **2010-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2010
- **2010-07-09** Conf Com Reported
- **2010-07-09** Conf Report Adopted
- **2010-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2010
- **2010-07-09** Conf Com Reported
- **2010-07-09** Conf Com Appointed
- **2010-07-09** Conf Com Appointed
- **2010-07-09** Failed concur in S/Com Sub
- **2010-07-09** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2010-07-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-07-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-07-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-09** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-09** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-01** Placed On Cal For 6/9/2009
- **2009-06-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-05-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-07** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-07** Rec From House
- **2009-05-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-05** Placed On Cal For 5/6/2009
- **2009-05-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-23** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-13** Ref to the Com on Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3c11a04-34f9-49d3-8b69-448d2b51fcdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).