---
type: "Bill"
title: "Habitual Misdemeanor Larceny."
description: "Habitual Misdemeanor Larceny."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 54"
citation: "North Carolina HB 54 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "THEFT", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. CRAWFORD", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crawford"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-08"
last_action: "2012-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14634ee8-9037-45b9-8047-2433ffd09b14"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H54&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b44ae5294498a91c15393f270f21ba13c161b4fce48b9332042f4796a44a4e07"
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 54 (2011) — Habitual Misdemeanor Larceny.

## 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/H54v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARK-59-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/588/0/H54-ARK-59-V-3)
3. **A2: ARK-60-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/589/0/H54-ARK-60-V-2)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H54v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H54v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H54v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H54v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H54v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H54v6.pdf)
10. **SL2012-154** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H54v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 8\To Adopt — **37–3** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **105–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crawford — primary (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- H. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Ingle — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- T. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-07-12** Ch. SL 2012-154 `became-law`
- **2012-07-12** Signed By Gov. 7/12/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-03** Pres. To Gov. 7/3/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-07-03** Ratified
- **2012-07-03** Conf Report Adopted
- **2012-07-03** Placed On Cal For 7/3/2012
- **2012-07-03** Conf Com Reported
- **2012-07-03** Conf Report Adopted
- **2012-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2012
- **2012-07-02** Conf Com Reported
- **2012-07-02** Conf Com Appointed
- **2012-07-02** Conf Com Appointed
- **2012-07-02** Failed concur in S/Com Sub
- **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`
- **2012-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2012
- **2012-07-02** Withdrawn From Com
- **2012-05-23** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2012-05-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-17** Ref to Judiciary II. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-17** Rec From House
- **2011-05-16** Ordered Engrossed
- **2011-05-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-05-16** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-16** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-11** Placed On Cal For 5/12/2011
- **2011-05-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-05-11** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-09** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-09** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `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/14634ee8-9037-45b9-8047-2433ffd09b14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).