republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2009/sb-461.md

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Bill	North Carolina Racial Justice Act.	North Carolina Racial Justice Act.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2009	SB 461	North Carolina SB 461 (2009)	bill	CAPITAL PUNISHMENT CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES COUNCIL OF STATE COUNCILS COURTS CRIMINAL PROCEDURE DISCRIMINATION EVIDENCE FISCAL NOTES GOVERNOR MINORITIES PRESENTED PUBLIC PUBLIC OFFICIALS RATIFIED SENTENCING TITLE CHANGE CHAPTERED SEN. MCKISSICK	enacted		10	32	2	2009-03-05	2009-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/03170218-ade4-4f75-9932-227fe2a8d435	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S461&votesToView=all	06966217ddc3eae21bfc278a31f482c56bb2b6a20bb807c29c3fd5e7de6cca3a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina SB 461 (2009) — North Carolina Racial Justice Act.

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. A1: ASA-8-V-4 (committee substitute) — source
3. A3: AST-26-V-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Edition 1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Edition 2 (committee substitute) — source
6. Edition 3 (committee substitute) — source
7. Edition 4 (committee substitute) — source
8. Edition 5 (committee substitute) — source
9. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
10. SL2009-464 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 61–54 (pass) · lower
• Motion 8\To Concur — 25–18 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Atwater — cosponsor (person)
• Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
• Boseman — cosponsor (person)
• Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
• Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
• Foriest — cosponsor (person)
• Graham — cosponsor (person)
• Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
• Malone — cosponsor (person)
• McKissick — cosponsor (person)
• Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
• Shaw — cosponsor (person)
• Vaughan — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-08-11 Ch. SL 2009-464 became-law
• 2009-08-11 Signed By Gov. 8/11/2009 executive-signature
• 2009-08-06 Pres. To Gov. 8/6/2009 executive-receipt
• 2009-08-06 Ratified
• 2009-08-05 Concurred In H/com Sub amendment-passage
• 2009-08-04 Placed On Cal For 8/5/2009
• 2009-08-04 Withdrawn From Cal
• 2009-07-29 Placed On Cal For 8/4/2009
• 2009-07-29 Withdrawn From Cal
• 2009-07-28 Placed On Cal For 7/29/2009
• 2009-07-20 Rec To Concur H Com Sub
• 2009-07-15 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2009-07-14 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2009-07-13 Placed On Cal For 7/14/2009
• 2009-07-08 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2009-07-08 Withdrawn From Com
• 2009-06-30 Re-ref Com On Appropriations referral-committee
• 2009-06-30 Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-06-09 Re-ref Com On Judiciary I referral-committee
• 2009-06-09 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-05-19 Ref to the Com on Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity, if favorable, Judiciary I referral-committee
• 2009-05-19 Passed 1st Reading reading-1
• 2009-05-14 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2009-05-14 Amend Failed #4 amendment-failure
• 2009-05-14 Amend Adopted #3 amendment-passage
• 2009-05-13 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-13 Amend Failed #2 amendment-failure
• 2009-05-13 Amend Adopted #1 amendment-passage
• 2009-05-12 Com Substitute Adopted
• 2009-05-12 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-03-09 Ref To Com On Judiciary I referral-committee
• 2009-03-05 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/03170218-ade4-4f75-9932-227fe2a8d435. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).