---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prison Hospital Completion."
description: "Prison Hospital Completion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 646"
citation: "North Carolina HB 646 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETING", "CONSTRUCTION", "CORRECTION DEPT.", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "FUNDING", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "DEBT/STATE GOVERNMENT", "CHAPTERED", "CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-05"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54b19639-23f8-406b-a53f-2ddfa80c2b53"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H646&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c3962d2e5a6907f5c92a767d3739fa7022333d6f1eca5f0260750c28a3adfe9a"
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 646 (2011) — Prison Hospital Completion.

## 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/H646v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H646v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H646v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H646v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-227** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H646v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Health and Human Services — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-227 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/16/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-15** Ratified
- **2011-06-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-08** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2011
- **2011-06-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-06-08** Placed On Cal For 6/8/2011
- **2011-06-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-19** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Rec From House
- **2011-05-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-17** Placed On Cal For 5/18/2011
- **2011-05-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-05-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-26** Re-ref Com On Health and Human Services `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** Fav. For Introduction
- **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/54b19639-23f8-406b-a53f-2ddfa80c2b53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).