---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Innocence Commission Laws."
description: "Amend Innocence Commission Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 778"
citation: "North Carolina HB 778 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AOC", "ATTORNEYS", "COMMISSIONS", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EVIDENCE", "INVESTIGATIONS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "PRESENTED", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "CHAPTERED", "INNOCENCE INQUIRY COMN.", "REP. STEVENS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-06"
last_action: "2012-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c42ab7b-1958-4a7b-8722-9475a26442d0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H778&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "cfd2519c4d3dfa2997c8ffb25283c590959914f4493a10e8eee14dd6d5ef182f"
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 778 (2011) — Amend Innocence Commission 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/H778v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARK-69-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/856/0/H778-ARK-69-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H778v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H778v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H778v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H778v4.pdf)
7. **SL2012-7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H778v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ingle — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-06-07** Ch. SL 2012-7 `became-law`
- **2012-06-07** Signed By Gov. 6/7/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-05-31** Pres. To Gov. 5/31/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-05-30** Ratified
- **2012-05-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-05-24** Placed On Cal For 5/29/2012
- **2012-05-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-06** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-06** Rec From House
- **2011-06-03** Ordered Engrossed
- **2011-06-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-03** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-03** Placed On Cal For 6/3/2011
- **2011-06-03** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-06-03** Placed On Cal For 6/7/2011
- **2011-06-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-02** 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/2c42ab7b-1958-4a7b-8722-9475a26442d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).