Recently changed North Carolina (NC) statutes
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Changed North Carolina (NC) statutes, by effective date, observation or session year.
source="effective" answers "what took effect on 1 October" from ncleg's own effective dates — use it for that, and bound a single day with since=until. It looks FORWARD too, so it also answers "what takes effect next quarter".
source="statutory" is the legislature's record from history notes, back to the 1800s, dated by year. source="observed" is only when this database saw text change — ncleg's publishing schedule, not the law's, and no substitute for effective dates.
"both" returns statutory + observed. For one section use amendment_history.
Input Schema
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| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | No | ||
| since | Yes | Start of the window: a session year or an ISO date. Pair with `until` and source="effective" to ask about a single day. | |
| until | No | ||
| source | No | both | |
| chapter | No | ||
| include_baseline | No |
Output Schema
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| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No arguments | |||