---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sex Offenders Can't Be EMS Personnel."
description: "Sex Offenders Can't Be EMS Personnel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 59"
citation: "North Carolina HB 59 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "HEALTH SERVICES", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEX OFFENSES", "REP. HAIRE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MOBLEY", "REP. RANDLEMAN", "REP. MCGRADY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGrady", "Mobley", "Randleman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-08"
last_action: "2011-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a955a8c5-a1bb-4e8a-9882-bf5f204cb92a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H59&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e08cb9326f7a079e3f6c7ec0f5333366f669cf4b43fbe3c89807353eb0de4b9e"
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 59 (2011) — Sex Offenders Can't Be EMS Personnel.

## 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/H59v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H59v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H59v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H59v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H59v4.pdf)
6. **SL2011-37** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H59v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McGrady — primary (person)
- Mobley — primary (person)
- Randleman — primary (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Guice — cosponsor (person)
- H. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Haire — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- L. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Sager — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Spear — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- T. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-04-12** Ch. SL 2011-37 `became-law`
- **2011-04-12** Signed By Gov. 4/12/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-04-12** Pres. To Gov. 4/12/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-04-11** Ratified
- **2011-04-07** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-06** Placed On Cal For 4/7/2011
- **2011-04-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-04-06** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2011-04-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-04-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-22** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-22** Rec From House
- **2011-02-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-02-17** Placed On Cal For 2/21/2011
- **2011-02-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-02-17** 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/a955a8c5-a1bb-4e8a-9882-bf5f204cb92a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).