---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Depositions and Discovery Act."
description: "Uniform Depositions and Discovery Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 379"
citation: "North Carolina HB 379 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "INTERSTATE COOPERATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GLAZIER", "REP. ROSS", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "REP. RHYNE", "REP. MCGRADY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glazier", "Rhyne", "Ross"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-16"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4e0c8b4-7541-46e7-b3fb-38d28e942be2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H379&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ec2e8b169c01724906068e6dd1d0ab5ccc12118a77049582eea998e42f08bc52"
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 379 (2011) — Uniform Depositions and Discovery 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/H379v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H379v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H379v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H379v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H379v4.pdf)
6. **SL2011-247** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H379v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Glazier — primary (person)
- Rhyne — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McGrady — cosponsor (person)
- McGuirt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-247 `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** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-14** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **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** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-11** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-11** Rec From House
- **2011-05-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-09** Placed On Cal For 5/10/2011
- **2011-05-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-05-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-17** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4e0c8b4-7541-46e7-b3fb-38d28e942be2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).