---
type: "Bill"
title: "Continuing Budget Authority."
description: "Continuing Budget Authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 311"
citation: "North Carolina SB 311 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PERSONNEL", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STATE CONTROLLER", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TITLE CHANGE", "UNC", "UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS", "SEN. GARROU", "BUNCOMBE COUNTY", "FORSYTH COUNTY", "ASHEVILLE", "WINSTON-SALEM", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-25"
last_action: "2009-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15f76b58-f0c7-4c89-94d5-412e9294c7bf"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S311&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f07af03611b4473d68adb418fcd66417db3c1d43184b11a82b20474029c76063"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina SB 311 (2009) — Continuing Budget Authority.

## Version chain

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

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v0.pdf)
2. **A1 - Ruled Material: AMD-41-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1712/0/S311-AMD-41-V-2)
3. **A3: AMD-40-V-6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1710/0/S311-AMD-40-V-6)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v4.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v5.pdf)
9. **SL2009-215** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **35–13** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **93–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Brunstetter — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-30** Ch. SL 2009-215 `became-law`
- **2009-06-30** Signed By Gov. 6/30/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-30** Ratified
- **2009-06-30** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-29** Placed On Cal For 6/30/2009
- **2009-06-29** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-06-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-06-29** Amend Adopted 3 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-29** Amend Adopted 1 - Ruled Material `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-29** Amend Adopted 2 - Perfecting Amend 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/29/2009
- **2009-06-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-25** Ref To Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-06-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-23** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2009
- **2009-06-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-26** Ref To Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15f76b58-f0c7-4c89-94d5-412e9294c7bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).