---
type: "Bill"
title: "Active Duty Death/Lease Termination."
description: "Active Duty Death/Lease Termination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 971"
citation: "North Carolina HB 971 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "DEATH & DYING", "HOUSING", "LANDLORD & TENANT", "LEASING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. COOK", "REP. SHEPARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shepard"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-05-16"
last_action: "2012-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c10566b0-f028-4d30-b14b-9488ea3b6b54"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H971&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6c41de3773d7d84706fd41e0a712443f040486966219452f06b8145d7f44c0b8"
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 971 (2011) — Active Duty Death/Lease Termination.

## 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/H971v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H971v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H971v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H971v3.pdf)
5. **SL2012-64** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H971v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shepard — primary (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Keever — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Parfitt — cosponsor (person)
- R. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-06-26** Ch. SL 2012-64 `became-law`
- **2012-06-26** Signed By Gov. 6/26/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-21** Pres. To Gov. 6/21/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-21** Ratified
- **2012-06-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-14** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Rec From House
- **2012-06-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-13** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2012
- **2012-06-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-17** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-05-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c10566b0-f028-4d30-b14b-9488ea3b6b54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).