---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Grounds/Termination of Parental Rights."
description: "Amend Grounds/Termination of Parental Rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 235"
citation: "North Carolina HB 235 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "WOMEN", "REP. HAIRE", "CHAPTERED", "NAMED LAWS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-03"
last_action: "2012-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c55062a8-f0be-4470-bc62-eab3b0df367a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H235&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b35d92a5a662656fde6a39c0a55048aebdae940772be5874921508fc633355d7"
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 235 (2011) — Amend Grounds/Termination of Parental Rights.

## 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/H235v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H235v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H235v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H235v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H235v4.pdf)
6. **SL2012-40** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H235v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haire — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-06-20** Ch. SL 2012-40 `became-law`
- **2012-06-20** Signed By Gov. 6/20/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-14** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-13** Ratified
- **2012-06-12** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-11** Placed On Cal For 6/12/2012
- **2012-06-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-11** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2012-06-11** Rec From Senate
- **2012-06-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2012-06-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-12** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-12** Rec From House
- **2011-04-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-07** Postponed To 4/11/2011
- **2011-04-05** Placed On Cal For 4/6/2011
- **2011-04-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-04-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-07** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c55062a8-f0be-4470-bc62-eab3b0df367a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).