---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supervision of Certain Defendants."
description: "Supervision of Certain Defendants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 851"
citation: "North Carolina SB 851 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "DISTRICT COURT", "PAROLE & PROBATION", "PRESENTED", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "SUBSTANCE ABUSE", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. VAUGHAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-24"
last_action: "2009-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdfd3e9a-f326-44fa-bebf-1703bc2064bf"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S851&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3886fb0df5906beae72bdc469910288589d24838684f87c3fb52e4972dfd78c9"
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 851 (2009) — Supervision of Certain Defendants.

## 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/S851v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S851v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S851v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S851v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-452** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S851v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vaughan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-07** Ch. SL 2009-452 `became-law`
- **2009-08-07** Signed By Gov. 8/7/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-31** Pres. To Gov. 7/31/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-30** Ratified
- **2009-07-29** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-28** Placed On Cal For 7/29/2009
- **2009-07-27** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-07-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-23** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2009
- **2009-07-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-02** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-22** Ref to the Com on Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cdfd3e9a-f326-44fa-bebf-1703bc2064bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).