---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase Penalties/Murder and DWI Deaths."
description: "Increase Penalties/Murder and DWI Deaths."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 105"
citation: "North Carolina SB 105 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DEATH & DYING", "DWI", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "TITLE CHANGE", "HOMICIDE", "CHAPTERED", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES", "SEN. JONES", "SEN. ROUZER", "SEN. NEWTON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones", "Rouzer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-22"
last_action: "2012-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1509936c-f62b-42fb-b53f-38d57ace28c3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S105&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "eac6ad6bd938574d3868fb02c3167ae66e025975a3b8fa767883a21ab18070c7"
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 SB 105 (2011) — Increase Penalties/Murder and DWI Deaths.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S105v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S105v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S105v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S105v3.pdf)
5. **SL2012-165** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S105v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 8\To Adopt — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jones — primary (person)
- Rouzer — primary (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Clary — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- D. Berger — cosponsor (person)
- Goolsby — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Meredith — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Vaughan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-07-12** Ch. SL 2012-165 `became-law`
- **2012-07-12** Signed By Gov. 7/12/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-28** Ratified
- **2012-06-27** Conf Report Adopted
- **2012-06-26** Conf Report Adopted
- **2012-06-26** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2012
- **2012-06-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2012-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2012
- **2012-06-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2012-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2012
- **2012-06-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2011-05-04** Conf Com Appointed
- **2011-05-04** Conf Com Appointed
- **2011-05-03** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2011-05-02** Placed On Cal For 5/3/2011
- **2011-05-02** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2011-04-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-26** Placed On Cal For 4/28/2011
- **2011-04-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-04-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-28** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-23** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1509936c-f62b-42fb-b53f-38d57ace28c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).