---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expand Setoff Debt Collection Act."
description: "Expand Setoff Debt Collection Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 605"
citation: "North Carolina HB 605 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEFINITIONS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "DEBT/LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOLID WASTE", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MCELRAFT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-04"
last_action: "2012-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5526aff4-cafe-457f-b9b0-20ebb8b56c35"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H605&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e1e4280784ad9f34ea0100fbe221d1bde8855191f8ca777d3eaaa16d95bbf19b"
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 605 (2011) — Expand Setoff Debt Collection Act.

## 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/H605v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H605v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H605v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H605v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H605v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H605v5.pdf)
7. **SA1: ARB-94-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/7083/0/H605-ARB-94-V-1)
8. **SL2012-88** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H605v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur\S. Amd. 1 — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McElraft — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-06-28** Ch. SL 2012-88 `became-law`
- **2012-06-28** Signed By Gov. 6/28/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-27** Ratified
- **2012-06-26** Concurred In S Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2012
- **2012-06-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-21** Rec To Concur In S Amend 1
- **2012-06-21** Rec From Senate
- **2012-06-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-20** Engrossed
- **2012-06-20** Com Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-20** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-07** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-23** Ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-20** Rec From House
- **2011-05-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-18** Placed On Cal For 5/19/2011
- **2011-05-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-05-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-21** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-05** Ref To Com On Government `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5526aff4-cafe-457f-b9b0-20ebb8b56c35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).