---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certificate of Relief Act."
description: "Certificate of Relief Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 641"
citation: "North Carolina HB 641 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "PAROLE & PROBATION", "PRESENTED", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "TITLE CHANGE", "VICTIMS RIGHTS", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GUICE", "REP. FLOYD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guice"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-05"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bb4367a-fb80-4ae6-9e15-badc9318c641"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H641&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2a4128e5fd6e3e25c4f40fcfc96a182a7278009c91bba5931cc8afd1314a600c"
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 641 (2011) — Certificate of Relief 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/H641v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H641v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H641v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H641v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-265** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H641v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guice — primary (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-265 `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
- **2011-06-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-06** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-06** Rec From House
- **2011-06-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-01** Placed On Cal For 6/2/2011
- **2011-06-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-26** Re-ref Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-04-06** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bb4367a-fb80-4ae6-9e15-badc9318c641`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).