---
type: "Bill"
title: "New Bern Charter Amendments."
description: "New Bern Charter Amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 120"
citation: "North Carolina SB 120 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTERS", "CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MAYORS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS", "CRAVEN COUNTY", "NEW BERN", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. PRESTON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-23"
last_action: "2011-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fba5b1f-bb7c-4d58-b5b4-d0a79e079f91"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S120&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "caa7e87c572ac1a76d33cdb2f2577ad42cec67d5b4831a013f581d446d152587"
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 120 (2011) — New Bern Charter Amendments.

## 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/S120v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S120v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S120v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S120v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S120v4.pdf)
6. **SL2011-101** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S120v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9\To Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Preston — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-01** Ch. SL 2011-101 `became-law`
- **2011-06-01** Ratified
- **2011-05-31** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-26** Placed On Cal For 5/31/2011
- **2011-05-26** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2011-05-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-24** Placed On Cal For 5/25/2011
- **2011-05-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-05-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-28** Ref To Com On Government `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** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-03-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `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/0fba5b1f-bb7c-4d58-b5b4-d0a79e079f91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).