---
type: "Bill"
title: "2011 Omnibus Labor Law Changes.-AB"
description: "2011 Omnibus Labor Law Changes.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 385"
citation: "North Carolina HB 385 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDINGS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "EMPLOYMENT", "ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY", "INSPECTIONS", "LABOR DEPT.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "REP. BRUBAKER", "REP. HOWARD", "CHAPTERED", "LABOR COMMISSIONER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-16"
last_action: "2011-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73dfbe24-24ca-4865-a18d-c5c5a68ad354"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H385&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "77245e851d7fb1f4e762732d2ebf4b3146d6926ff1c5e7591e6c2ebc50263f68"
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 385 (2011) — 2011 Omnibus Labor Law Changes.-AB

## 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/H385v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H385v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H385v2.pdf)
4. **SL2011-366** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H385v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Brubaker — cosponsor (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-27** Ch. SL 2011-366 `became-law`
- **2011-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/27/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-17** Ratified
- **2011-06-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2011
- **2011-06-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-15** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-04-26** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-25** Rec From House
- **2011-04-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-20** Placed On Cal For 4/21/2011
- **2011-04-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-04-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-13** Assigned To Commerce and Job Development Subcommittee on Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-17** Ref To Com On Commerce and Job Development `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/73dfbe24-24ca-4865-a18d-c5c5a68ad354`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).