---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forensic Sciences Act."
description: "Forensic Sciences Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 27"
citation: "North Carolina HB 27 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "BIOTECHNOLOGY", "BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "EMPLOYMENT", "EVIDENCE", "FISCAL NOTES", "FUNDING", "GENETICS", "ID SYSTEMS", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "LABORATORIES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SBI", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "REP. MICHAUX", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GLAZIER", "REP. STAM", "DNA", "REP. JACKSON", "FORENSIC SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD", "FORENSIC SCIENCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glazier", "Michaux", "Stam"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-01"
last_action: "2011-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06249761-14e5-4166-87cd-c0625dda20cf"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H27&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "72a2eccf2c226e147b4fe87785b364e03ebc3f22639d304692301f32b7f2a84b"
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 27 (2011) — Forensic Sciences Act.

## 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/H27v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H27v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H27v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H27v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H27v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H27v5.pdf)
7. **SL2011-19** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H27v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Glazier — primary (person)
- Michaux — primary (person)
- Stam — primary (person)
- Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Ingle — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Parfitt — cosponsor (person)
- R. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-03-31** Ch. SL 2011-19 `became-law`
- **2011-03-31** Signed By Gov. 3/31/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-03-30** Pres. To Gov. 3/30/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-03-29** Ratified
- **2011-03-28** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-28** Placed On Cal For 3/28/2011
- **2011-03-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-03-28** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2011-03-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-22** Placed On Cal For 3/23/2011
- **2011-03-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-03-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-03-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-17** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** Rec From House
- **2011-02-15** Ordered Engrossed
- **2011-02-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-02-15** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-02-10** Placed On Cal For 2/15/2011
- **2011-02-10** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-02-09** Placed On Cal For 2/10/2011
- **2011-02-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-02-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-02** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06249761-14e5-4166-87cd-c0625dda20cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).