republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2009/sb-540.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Pleasant Garden/Voters Elect Mayor.	Pleasant Garden/Voters Elect Mayor.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2009	SB 540	North Carolina SB 540 (2009)	bill	CHARTERS CITY COUNCILS COUNTIES ELECTIONS LOCAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAYORS MUNICIPALITIES RATIFIED SESSION LAWS TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS TITLE CHANGE MCDOWELL COUNTY CHAPTERED SEN. DORSETT PLEASANT GARDEN	enacted		5	15	1	2009-03-11	2009-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/f3c3e3df-f7cc-4d85-aa65-0daf062dc3a9	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S540&votesToView=all	2ddfa5e5e09c00b3ee97a295920aa3f79e2b6851f87cf60b6406c1b54eee12b7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina SB 540 (2009) — Pleasant Garden/Voters Elect Mayor.

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. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
5. SL2009-167 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Second Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dorsett — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-06-25 Ch. SL 2009-167 became-law
• 2009-06-25 Ratified
• 2009-06-25 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2009-06-24 Placed On Cal For 6/25/2009
• 2009-06-24 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2009-06-24 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-05-27 Re-ref Com On Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform referral-committee
• 2009-05-27 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-05-18 Ref to the Com on Local Government I, if favorable, Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform referral-committee
• 2009-05-18 Passed 1st Reading reading-1
• 2009-05-13 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2009-05-12 Com Substitute Adopted
• 2009-05-12 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-03-12 Ref To Com On State and Local Government referral-committee
• 2009-03-11 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f3c3e3df-f7cc-4d85-aa65-0daf062dc3a9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).