republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2009/sb-252.md

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Bill	Comply with Melendez-Diaz Decision.	Comply with Melendez-Diaz Decision.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2009	SB 252	North Carolina SB 252 (2009)	bill	COUNTIES COURTS CRIMINAL PROCEDURE DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EVIDENCE LABORATORIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT MUNICIPALITIES PRESENTED PUBLIC RATIFIED TESTING TESTING SERVICES TITLE CHANGE CHAPTERED SEN. NESBITT SEN. ATWATER SEN. SNOW SEN. GOSS	enacted		6	22	2	2009-02-19	2009-08-26	openstates	ocd-bill/9bf64074-3aae-497e-9b20-ee2f909b62c6	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S252&votesToView=all	2c7e6b3d96e7e8aaafdb367d5b98bdee2625339681e6216321c718af3e6ac516	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina SB 252 (2009) — Comply with Melendez-Diaz Decision.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. Edition 1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Edition 2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Edition 3 (committee substitute) — source
5. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
6. SL2009-473 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Second Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion 8\To Concur — 45–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Atwater — cosponsor (person)
• Goss — cosponsor (person)
• Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
• Snow — cosponsor (person)
• Swindell — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-08-26 Ch. SL 2009-473 became-law
• 2009-08-26 Signed By Gov. 8/26/2009 executive-signature
• 2009-08-06 Pres. To Gov. 8/6/2009 executive-receipt
• 2009-08-06 Ratified
• 2009-08-06 Concurred In H/com Sub amendment-passage
• 2009-08-05 Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
• 2009-08-05 Rec To Concur H Com Sub
• 2009-08-05 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2009-08-04 Placed On Cal For 8/5/2009
• 2009-08-04 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2009-08-04 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-08-03 Re-ref Com On Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2009-08-03 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-07-27 Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary I, if favorable, Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2009-07-27 Withdrawn From Com
• 2009-05-11 Ref to the Com on Local Government II, if favorable, Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2009-05-11 Passed 1st Reading reading-1
• 2009-05-06 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2009-05-05 Com Substitute Adopted
• 2009-05-05 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-02-23 Ref To Com On State and Local Government referral-committee
• 2009-02-19 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9bf64074-3aae-497e-9b20-ee2f909b62c6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).