---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exclusionary Rule/Good Faith Exception."
description: "Exclusionary Rule/Good Faith Exception."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 3"
citation: "North Carolina HB 3 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSTITUTION", "NC", "CONSTITUTION", "US", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "EVIDENCE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "SUPREME COURT", "CHAPTERED", "REP. STAM", "REP. INGLE", "REP. FAIRCLOTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ingle", "Stam"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-01-26"
last_action: "2011-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a954e92d-95a2-4e32-82b8-af77e9efa6b4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H3&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8eef52a65d6bc140f8c43fda2930b3413cb70ea8e9ca6695240526ed83242df6"
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 3 (2011) — Exclusionary Rule/Good Faith Exception.

## 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/H3v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H3v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H3v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H3v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H3v4.pdf)
6. **SL2011-6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H3v5.pdf)

## Votes

- A1 Stam\Second Reading — **113–4** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ingle — primary (person)
- Stam — primary (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Guice — cosponsor (person)
- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-03-21** Ch. SL 2011-6 `became-law`
- **2011-03-21** Signed By Gov. 3/18/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-03-09** Pres. To Gov. 3/9/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-03-08** Ratified
- **2011-03-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-14** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-11** Rec From House
- **2011-02-10** Ordered Engrossed
- **2011-02-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-02-10** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **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`
- **2011-01-27** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-01-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-01-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a954e92d-95a2-4e32-82b8-af77e9efa6b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).