---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disturbing/Dismembering Human Remains."
description: "Disturbing/Dismembering Human Remains."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 227"
citation: "North Carolina HB 227 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COMMERCE", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DEATH & DYING", "EVIDENCE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "WEAPONS", "REP. GILLESPIE", "REP. HILTON", "HOMICIDE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. JONES", "REP. HOLLO"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gillespie", "Hilton", "Hollo"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-02"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04bb53d6-cd1f-4476-8640-a90b16c74599"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H227&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d20bbd6f96fa227f87ba4ee913cf09bf447159b7ed606b986aa907070f907643"
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 227 (2011) — Disturbing/Dismembering Human Remains.

## 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/H227v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H227v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H227v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H227v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-193** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H227v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gillespie — primary (person)
- Hilton — primary (person)
- Hollo — primary (person)
- Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Killian — cosponsor (person)
- LaRoque — cosponsor (person)
- McGrady — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- T. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-193 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-14** Ratified
- **2011-06-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/13/2011
- **2011-06-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-06** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-06** Rec From House
- **2011-06-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-01** Placed On Cal For 6/2/2011
- **2011-06-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-23** Re-ref Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-03-03** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04bb53d6-cd1f-4476-8640-a90b16c74599`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).