republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2009/sb-870.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	Make General Statutes Gender Neutral.	Make General Statutes Gender Neutral.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2009	SB 870	North Carolina SB 870 (2009)	bill	COMMISSIONS CONSTITUTION NC DISCRIMINATION GENERAL STATUTES GENERAL STATUTES COMN. PRESENTED PUBLIC RATIFIED REPORTS STUDIES WOMEN CHAPTERED SEN. STEVENS	enacted		5	17	2	2009-03-25	2009-07-10	openstates	ocd-bill/c18beec4-4495-4044-9ae3-363286e107e7	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S870&votesToView=all	c62b5d4fe459c72efea0d4fe803f81636394c62d0f1bd838134091b564156605	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina SB 870 (2009) — Make General Statutes Gender Neutral.

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. SL2009-273 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Second Reading — 47–1 (pass) · upper
• Second Reading — 79–33 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Stevens — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-07-10 Ch. SL 2009-273 became-law
• 2009-07-10 Signed By Gov. 7/10/2009 executive-signature
• 2009-07-08 Pres. To Gov. 7/8/2009 executive-receipt
• 2009-07-07 Ratified
• 2009-07-06 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2009-07-02 Placed On Cal For 7/6/2009
• 2009-07-02 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2009-07-02 Withdrawn From Com
• 2009-05-26 Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House referral-committee
• 2009-05-26 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-05-14 Ref to the Com on Judiciary I, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House referral-committee
• 2009-05-14 Passed 1st Reading reading-1
• 2009-05-11 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2009-05-07 Com Substitute Adopted
• 2009-05-07 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-03-26 Ref To Com On Judiciary I referral-committee
• 2009-03-25 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c18beec4-4495-4044-9ae3-363286e107e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).