---
type: "Bill"
title: "Downtown Service District Definition."
description: "Downtown Service District Definition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 118"
citation: "North Carolina SB 118 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDINGS", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "URBAN DEVELOPMENT", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. PRESTON", "PUBLIC BUILDINGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-23"
last_action: "2011-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44ee02b3-d63a-481f-b8cb-1f5d7ee02d07"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S118&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4fce710fa9dd14f302c15df494a03a2ae79cd68163717af63fe4832a4369add9"
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 118 (2011) — Downtown Service District Definition.

## 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/S118v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S118v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S118v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S118v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-322** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S118v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading\Motion 9\To Concur — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading\Motion 9\To Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Preston — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-27** Ch. SL 2011-322 `became-law`
- **2011-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/27/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-18** Ratified
- **2011-06-17** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2011-06-16** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2011
- **2011-06-15** Held As Material
- **2011-06-15** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2011-06-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-06-07** Placed On Cal For 6/7/2011
- **2011-06-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-05** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-22** Ref to the Com on Government, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-03-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-03-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-08** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-24** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44ee02b3-d63a-481f-b8cb-1f5d7ee02d07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).