---
type: "Bill"
title: "Omnibus Local Election Laws."
description: "Omnibus Local Election Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 719"
citation: "North Carolina HB 719 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "MINORS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REDISTRICTING", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STUDENTS", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "RECORDS", "MECKLENBURG COUNTY", "BUNCOMBE COUNTY", "CALDWELL COUNTY", "GUILFORD COUNTY", "LENOIR COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. BRAWLEY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-06"
last_action: "2011-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21de49d7-33e0-4ada-a76d-aa9d1e43361b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H719&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6ab215be998ffe56eee519cb3b78d415f2e5ec24d0ee27cb796274ccaab669f9"
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 719 (2011) — Omnibus Local Election Laws.

## 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/H719v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATB-11-V-6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/1460/0/H719-ATB-11-V-6)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H719v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H719v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H719v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H719v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H719v5.pdf)
8. **SL2011-407** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H719v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **63–53** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **29–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brawley — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-07-28** Ch. SL 2011-407 `became-law`
- **2011-07-28** Ratified
- **2011-07-28** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-28** Placed On Cal For 7/28/2011
- **2011-07-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-07-28** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2011-07-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-07-28** Amend Failed 5 `amendment-failure`
- **2011-07-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-07-27** Amend Failed 4 `amendment-failure`
- **2011-07-27** Amend Failed 3 `amendment-failure`
- **2011-07-27** Amend Failed 2 `amendment-failure`
- **2011-07-27** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-27** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2011
- **2011-07-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-07-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-27** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-27** Rec From House
- **2011-04-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-21** Placed On Cal For 4/26/2011
- **2011-04-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-04-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-07** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21de49d7-33e0-4ada-a76d-aa9d1e43361b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).