---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rural Operating Assistance Program Changes."
description: "Rural Operating Assistance Program Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 229"
citation: "North Carolina HB 229 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGING", "BUDGETING", "DENR", "DISABLED PERSONS", "ENVIRONMENT", "FUNDING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION", "REP. OWENS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-02"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b2634b0-140b-4bee-a740-428798423d4e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H229&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7aacc94f7f7b8d909bc6465f13b8faec6e2fdca48f350cc46e14d7aeeef4c973"
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 229 (2011) — Rural Operating Assistance Program Changes.

## 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/H229v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H229v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H229v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H229v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-207** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H229v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-207 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/16/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-15** Ratified
- **2011-06-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2011
- **2011-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-08** Ref To Com On Transportation `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`
- **2011-03-03** Ref To Com On Transportation `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/5b2634b0-140b-4bee-a740-428798423d4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).