---
type: "Bill"
title: "Metal Theft Prevention Act of 2012."
description: "Metal Theft Prevention Act of 2012."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 199"
citation: "North Carolina HB 199 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WOMEN", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "REP. RHYNE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-01"
last_action: "2012-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/425b8fc4-3712-4331-bb8d-734110176b3b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H199&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "938897836b86ba4aba622227a74ae8b26b0dbeab45ab5354c045714e99a739ae"
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 199 (2011) — Metal Theft Prevention Act of 2012.

## 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/H199v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARV-33-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/6614/0/H199-ARV-33-V-2)
3. **A2: ARV-34-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/6690/0/H199-ARV-34-V-3)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H199v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H199v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H199v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H199v4.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H199v5.pdf)
9. **SL2012-46** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H199v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **110–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ingle — cosponsor (person)
- Rhyne — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-06-20** Ch. SL 2012-46 `became-law`
- **2012-06-20** Signed By Gov. 6/20/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-19** Pres. To Gov. 6/19/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-19** Ratified
- **2012-06-18** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2012
- **2012-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-14** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-13** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2012-06-12** Placed On Cal For 6/13/2012
- **2012-06-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-12** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2012-06-12** Rec From Senate
- **2012-06-12** Engrossed
- **2012-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2012-06-12** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-06-11** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2012-06-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-07** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-07** Rec From House
- **2011-04-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-04** Placed On Cal For 4/5/2011
- **2011-03-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-03-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-02** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/425b8fc4-3712-4331-bb8d-734110176b3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).