---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Purpose/Child Placing/Child Care Laws."
description: "Amend Purpose/Child Placing/Child Care Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 969"
citation: "North Carolina SB 969 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD CUSTODY", "DHHS", "FISCAL NOTES", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. QUEEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-25"
last_action: "2009-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae8e6122-3d09-4ae0-8b86-ef470e5c8a6e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S969&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "75467dee868b6ba040bdf36cfcce230695fe4b24dcc768ca9f6be37483a1ec3d"
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 969 (2009) — Amend Purpose/Child Placing/Child Care Laws.

## 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/S969v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S969v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S969v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S969v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-408** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S969v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **110–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodall — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-05** Ch. SL 2009-408 `became-law`
- **2009-08-05** Signed By Gov. 8/5/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-28** Pres. To Gov. 7/28/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-27** Ratified
- **2009-07-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-22** Placed On Cal For 7/23/2009
- **2009-07-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-05-28** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-12** Ref to the Com on Judiciary I, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae8e6122-3d09-4ae0-8b86-ef470e5c8a6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).