---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expand Access/Death Certificate/Adult Adoptee."
description: "Expand Access/Death Certificate/Adult Adoptee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 846"
citation: "North Carolina HB 846 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADOPTION", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "VITAL RECORDS", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. LAROQUE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-06"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58e61dc1-75cd-454f-a6c6-8961b2d8cc98"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H846&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e8b13c4119c8f047b346730cfa5a7d2135223ebf8b9faff8fd45dd4a7d068399"
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 846 (2011) — Expand Access/Death Certificate/Adult Adoptee.

## 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/H846v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALU-16-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/391/0/H846-ALU-16-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H846v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H846v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H846v3.pdf)
6. **SL2011-237** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H846v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- LaRoque — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-237 `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`
- **2011-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2011
- **2011-06-14** Reptd Fav `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** Ordered Engrossed
- **2011-04-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-26** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-21** Postponed To 4/26/2011
- **2011-04-20** Placed On Cal For 4/21/2011
- **2011-04-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-04-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-07** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C `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/58e61dc1-75cd-454f-a6c6-8961b2d8cc98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).