---
type: "Bill"
title: "Laura's Law."
description: "Laura's Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 49"
citation: "North Carolina HB 49 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURT COSTS & FEES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DRUG TESTING", "DWI", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "TESTING", "CHAPTERED", "REP. T. MOORE", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES", "REP. HASTINGS", "REP. TORBETT", "REP. H. WARREN", "NAMED LAWS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hastings", "T. Moore", "Torbett"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-08"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10ff9a05-2e85-4499-af2d-0a45c83efef1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H49&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7033e38d0edcd2b632c3610468e535f4d5becc0388f9a95b58f184f628cf7dde"
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 49 (2011) — Laura's Law.

## 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/H49v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H49v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H49v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H49v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H49v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H49v5.pdf)
7. **SL2011-191** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H49v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **114–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hastings — primary (person)
- T. Moore — primary (person)
- Torbett — primary (person)
- Blust — cosponsor (person)
- Brawley — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Burr — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Current — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Guice — cosponsor (person)
- H. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Hager — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Hollo — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- Ingle — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Justice — cosponsor (person)
- Keever — cosponsor (person)
- Killian — cosponsor (person)
- L. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- LaRoque — cosponsor (person)
- Langdon — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Mills — cosponsor (person)
- Murry — cosponsor (person)
- Parfitt — cosponsor (person)
- Pridgen — cosponsor (person)
- R. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Randleman — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Sager — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Spear — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Steen — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-191 `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
- **2011-06-16** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-15** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2011-06-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-06-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-06-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-06-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-12** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-23** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-03-15** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-15** Rec From House
- **2011-03-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-03-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-03-09** Placed On Cal For 3/10/2011
- **2011-03-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-03-09** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-24** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-09** Ref to the Com on Judiciary Subcommittee B, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10ff9a05-2e85-4499-af2d-0a45c83efef1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).