---
type: "Bill"
title: "Absconding Prob. Violators Forfeit Benefits."
description: "Absconding Prob. Violators Forfeit Benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 1173"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1173 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "COMMERCE DEPT.", "DHHS", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "PAROLE & PROBATION", "POVERTY", "PRESENTED", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "TAXATION", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "WELFARE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. LAROQUE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LaRoque"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-05-29"
last_action: "2012-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d2d3cb7-b07c-4db4-8457-5b8bf5afb1b9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H1173&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1ef57cba166129fddf9c17635deecf75ba6f7ad73214c9a5de1e1fbff8d7ec0e"
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 HB 1173 (2011) — Absconding Prob. Violators Forfeit Benefits.

## 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H1173v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMN-3-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/7062/0/H1173-AMN-3-V-2)
3. **A2: AMN-2-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/7063/0/H1173-AMN-2-V-1)
4. **A3: ATJ-35-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/7064/0/H1173-ATJ-35-V-1)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H1173v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H1173v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H1173v3.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H1173v4.pdf)
9. **SL2012-170** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H1173v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **115–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- LaRoque — primary (person)
- Saine — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-07-12** Ch. SL 2012-170 `became-law`
- **2012-07-12** Signed By Gov. 7/12/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-03** Pres. To Gov. 7/3/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-07-02** Ratified
- **2012-07-02** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-29** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2012
- **2012-06-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-29** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2012-06-28** Rec From Senate
- **2012-06-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2012
- **2012-06-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2012-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-26** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2012-06-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-06-25** Rec From House
- **2012-06-21** Ordered Engrossed
- **2012-06-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2012-06-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-06-20** Amend Adopted 3 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-20** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-20** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-18** Placed On Cal For 6/19/2012
- **2012-06-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2012-06-06** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-30** Ref to the Com on Judiciary Subcommittee C, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-05-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d2d3cb7-b07c-4db4-8457-5b8bf5afb1b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).