---
type: "Bill"
title: "DV Cases/Review Criminal Record."
description: "DV Cases/Review Criminal Record."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1812"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1812 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURT CLERKS", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WOMEN", "REP. MCLAWHORN", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ROSS", "REP. GOODWIN", "REP. R. WARREN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "R. Warren", "Ross"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-05-18"
last_action: "2010-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7575936-bf4e-472f-a81f-61c6a8e1a4b4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1812&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "cb3b4cfeba55518f91fa3254206285a5fd2ff63331cc9bab47a80d2236203fff"
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 1812 (2009) — DV Cases/Review Criminal Record.

## 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/H1812v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1812v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1812v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1812v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1812v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1812v5.pdf)
7. **SL2010-135** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1812v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **106–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)
- R. Warren — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Ingle — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Rhyne — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Whilden — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-21** Ch. SL 2010-135 `became-law`
- **2010-07-21** Signed By Gov. 7/21/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-09** Pres. To Gov. 7/9/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-09** Ratified
- **2010-07-08** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2010
- **2010-07-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-07-08** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2010-07-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-07-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-07-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-07-07** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2010-07-06** Rec From House
- **2010-07-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/6/2010
- **2010-07-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-07-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-10** Re-ref Com On Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-19** Ref to the Com on Judiciary I, if favorable, Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-05-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7575936-bf4e-472f-a81f-61c6a8e1a4b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).