---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modify NCGA Police Powers."
description: "Modify NCGA Police Powers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 316"
citation: "North Carolina HB 316 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMN.", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SPEAKER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 10
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-09"
last_action: "2011-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23d079bc-efc7-4c4e-a905-892f302b1de3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H316&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4ab3efe4adac4f6197ad2b44270e68b88199f15873314eab936abe63dde6a8c0"
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 316 (2011) — Modify NCGA Police Powers.

## 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/H316v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALB-37-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/364/0/H316-ALB-37-V-1)
3. **A1: ARF-6-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/138/0/H316-ARF-6-V-2)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H316v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H316v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H316v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H316v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H316v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H316v6.pdf)
10. **SL2011-63** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H316v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **31–18** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **100–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Judiciary Subcommittee A — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-05-03** Ch. SL 2011-63 `became-law`
- **2011-05-03** Signed By Gov. 5/3/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-05-03** Pres. To Gov. 5/3/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-05-02** Ratified
- **2011-04-28** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-26** Placed On Cal For 4/28/2011
- **2011-04-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-04-25** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2011-04-20** Engrossed
- **2011-04-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-20** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-19** Placed On Cal For 4/20/2011
- **2011-04-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-04-13** Placed On Cal For 4/19/2011
- **2011-04-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-04-11** Placed On Cal For 4/13/2011
- **2011-04-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-04-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-04-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-04** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-04** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-03-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-21** Rec From House
- **2011-03-17** Ordered Engrossed
- **2011-03-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-17** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-16** Placed On Cal For 3/17/2011
- **2011-03-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-03-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-09** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-09** Filed `introduction`
- **2011-03-09** Reptd Fav. For Introduction `committee-passage-favorable`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23d079bc-efc7-4c4e-a905-892f302b1de3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).