---
type: "Bill"
title: "Continuous Alcohol Monitoring Law Changes."
description: "Continuous Alcohol Monitoring Law Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 494"
citation: "North Carolina HB 494 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD CUSTODY", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "DRUG TESTING", "DWI", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MINORS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PAROLE & PROBATION", "PRESENTED", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "TESTING", "REP. M. ALEXANDER", "CHAPTERED", "REP. T. MOORE", "REP. STAM", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES", "REP. GUICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guice", "M. Alexander", "T. Moore"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-28"
last_action: "2012-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcc37dc3-b9b2-4d6b-89a0-2cf9af11d0b8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H494&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "bca05619a1e9beda0cab6e03cd06b2d4297baedfb2f4fde056c6fe26f4e2913e"
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 494 (2011) — Continuous Alcohol Monitoring Law Changes.

## 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/H494v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H494v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H494v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H494v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H494v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H494v5.pdf)
7. **SL2012-146** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H494v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **113–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guice — primary (person)
- M. Alexander — primary (person)
- T. Moore — primary (person)
- Brawley — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Ingle — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Stam — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-07-12** Ch. SL 2012-146 `became-law`
- **2012-07-12** Signed By Gov. 7/12/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-03** Pres. To Gov. 7/3/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-07-02** Ratified
- **2012-07-02** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2012
- **2012-07-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-07-02** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2012-07-02** Rec From Senate
- **2012-07-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2012-06-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-26** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2012-06-19** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-19** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-06-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-10** Rec From House
- **2011-06-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-06-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-06-08** Placed On Cal For 6/8/2011
- **2011-06-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-08** Referral to Appropriations Stricken
- **2011-06-08** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-25** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-29** Ref to the Com on Judiciary Subcommittee B, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fcc37dc3-b9b2-4d6b-89a0-2cf9af11d0b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).