---
type: "Bill"
title: "Register of Deeds."
description: "Register of Deeds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 312"
citation: "North Carolina HB 312 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEEDS", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "HOUSING", "LOANS", "MORTGAGES", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "RECORDATION OF INSTRUMENTS", "REGISTER OF DEEDS", "REP. HAIRE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. STAM", "REP. SPEAR", "REP. STEVENS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haire", "Stam", "Stevens"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-09"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea776c66-668b-4ff3-a403-733a247714fd"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H312&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4f23911ec59e43506ab3fca2c454a2690b07bc03b13f9c7d38021f134a8f5ccc"
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 312 (2011) — Register of Deeds.

## 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/H312v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H312v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H312v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H312v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-246** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H312v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haire — primary (person)
- Stam — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Spear — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-246 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-17** Pres. To Gov. 6/17/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-16** Ratified
- **2011-06-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-30** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-30** Rec From House
- **2011-03-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-28** Placed On Cal For 3/29/2011
- **2011-03-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-03-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-16** Re-ref Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-03-10** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea776c66-668b-4ff3-a403-733a247714fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).