---
type: "Bill"
title: "Additional Name Change Requirements."
description: "Additional Name Change Requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 805"
citation: "North Carolina HB 805 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "ID SYSTEMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "VITAL RECORDS", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. STAM", "REP. SPEAR", "REP. RANDLEMAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Spear", "Stam"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-06"
last_action: "2011-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0bc69b5-c511-4f5c-baeb-e9a785c960f0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H805&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6fe4082610b6d49ed07176a6351f1f955fd4855ff2b8cc7008a0ed7eba776629"
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 805 (2011) — Additional Name Change Requirements.

## 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/H805v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARW-33-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/671/0/H805-ARW-33-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H805v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H805v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H805v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H805v4.pdf)
7. **SL2011-303** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H805v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Spear — primary (person)
- Stam — primary (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- H. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Randleman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-24** Ch. SL 2011-303 `became-law`
- **2011-06-24** Signed By Gov. 6/24/2011 `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`
- **2011-05-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-25** Rec From House
- **2011-05-24** Ordered Engrossed
- **2011-05-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-24** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-23** Placed On Cal For 5/24/2011
- **2011-05-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-05-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-07** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `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/c0bc69b5-c511-4f5c-baeb-e9a785c960f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).