---
type: "Bill"
title: "Review DV Program Participation."
description: "Review DV Program Participation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 176"
citation: "North Carolina HB 176 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNSELING", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PAROLE & PROBATION", "PRESENTED", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "WOMEN", "REP. MCLAWHORN", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McLawhorn", "Ross"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-23"
last_action: "2012-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d983a58-8187-4073-b5b2-0f8b1c28f382"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H176&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "98603b9b70615d38978a3908dc5686059057cbde8e50b26686db9f1b7ed04cff"
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 176 (2011) — Review DV Program Participation.

## 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/H176v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H176v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H176v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H176v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H176v4.pdf)
6. **SL2012-39** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H176v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McLawhorn — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Parfitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-06-20** Ch. SL 2012-39 `became-law`
- **2012-06-20** Signed By Gov. 6/20/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-13** Pres. To Gov. 6/13/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-12** Ratified
- **2012-06-11** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-07** Placed On Cal For 6/11/2012
- **2012-06-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-06** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2012-06-06** Rec From Senate
- **2012-06-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2012-06-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-08** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Rec From House
- **2011-06-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-07** Placed On Cal For 6/7/2011
- **2011-06-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d983a58-8187-4073-b5b2-0f8b1c28f382`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).