---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow PAs and NPs to Sign Death Cert."
description: "Allow PAs and NPs to Sign Death Cert."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 331"
citation: "North Carolina HB 331 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH & DYING", "HEALTH SERVICES", "NURSING", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHYSICIANS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "VITAL RECORDS", "REP. BRUBAKER", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. JUSTICE", "REP. DOLLAR", "REP. HOLLO"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brubaker", "Dollar", "Hollo"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-10"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18e40cf9-bc4e-48b7-82c6-7715f137e041"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H331&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7922842f41c2a09742a46a66147cff8dca48f35ada9027c5c27f17849cf0a19f"
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 331 (2011) — Allow PAs and NPs to Sign Death Cert.

## 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/H331v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H331v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H331v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H331v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-197** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H331v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brubaker — primary (person)
- Dollar — primary (person)
- Hollo — primary (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Justice — cosponsor (person)
- K. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Sager — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Torbett — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-197 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-14** Ratified
- **2011-06-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/13/2011
- **2011-06-09** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/9/2011
- **2011-06-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-24** Rec From House
- **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** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-03-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-15** Re-ref Com On Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-03-14** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18e40cf9-bc4e-48b7-82c6-7715f137e041`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).