---
type: "Bill"
title: "LEC Term Changes/Ethics Training."
description: "LEC Term Changes/Ethics Training."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 136"
citation: "North Carolina SB 136 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "EDUCATION", "ETHICS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "MEMBERSHIP", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SPEAKER", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "CHAPTERED", "ETHICS COMM", "LEGISLATIVE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-11"
last_action: "2009-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b652a916-782c-4818-ba83-893ef5cdddaa"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S136&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2c6357660887abcbf6534885f1c43ceeed19d5d4ed76ebef0192eb893cb94854"
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 136 (2009) — LEC Term Changes/Ethics Training.

## 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/S136v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S136v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S136v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S136v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-10** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S136v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-03-26** Ch. SL 2009-10 `became-law`
- **2009-03-26** Signed By Gov. 3/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-03-23** Pres. To Gov. 3/20/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-03-19** Ratified
- **2009-03-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-03-17** Placed On Cal For 3/18/2009
- **2009-03-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-03-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-03-02** Ref to the Com on Ethics, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-02-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-02-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-12** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b652a916-782c-4818-ba83-893ef5cdddaa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).