---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying Changes to the Gen. Statutes."
description: "Clarifying Changes to the Gen. Statutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 1242"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1242 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "COMMERCE", "COMMITTEES", "COURT COSTS", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DMV", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "EDUCATION", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "ESCHEATS", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "FISCAL NOTES", "GENERAL STATUTES", "INCENTIVE BONUS REVIEW COMM.", "INSPECTIONS", "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PAROLE & PROBATION", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "INMATES", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SENTENCING", "SESSION LAWS", "SHIPPING", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "TRUSTS", "WOMEN", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. GRAHAM", "NAME CHANGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-05-19"
last_action: "2010-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8e26e87-0680-494c-a95a-20cf0bbbce3f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S1242&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "114982a671ddc30bf2d0285fbe701cad2d17017d882a18bca3634565ecad0a38"
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 1242 (2009) — Clarifying Changes to the Gen. Statutes.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1242v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1242v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1242v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1242v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1242v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1242v5.pdf)
7. **SL2010-97** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1242v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **105–4** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Boseman — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- East — cosponsor (person)
- Goodall — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Jacumin — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Vaughan — cosponsor (person)
- Walters — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-20** Ch. SL 2010-97 `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
- **2010-07-10** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2010
- **2010-07-09** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2010-07-09** Rec From House
- **2010-07-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2010
- **2010-07-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-07-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-07-09** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2010-07-09** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2010-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2010
- **2010-07-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-07-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-07-06** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2010-07-06** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2010-06-29** Postponed To 7/6/2010
- **2010-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-06-24** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2010
- **2010-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-24** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2010-06-21** Ref to the Com on Judiciary I, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-06-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8e26e87-0680-494c-a95a-20cf0bbbce3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).