---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law Enforcement/Various Other Changes."
description: "Law Enforcement/Various Other Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 141"
citation: "North Carolina SB 141 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "COMMISSIONS", "CONTRACTS", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DAMS", "DEATH & DYING", "ELECTRICITY", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "ESTATES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LAKES & RIVERS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOTTERY", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRESPASSING", "UTILITIES", "WATER RESOURCES", "WEAPONS", "LOTTERY COMN.", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. APODACA", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES", "SEN. MEREDITH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Apodaca"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-24"
last_action: "2012-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/912cf9f1-2fb7-4a86-b336-36b946bc8b61"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S141&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5203341672607032d90d15e325b0090ba563037aca09b34783c2077df2a120cc"
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 141 (2011) — Law Enforcement/Various Other Changes.

## 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/S141v0.pdf)
2. **A2: ASA-77-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/7619/0/S141-ASA-77-V-1)
3. **A3: ALH-120-V-7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/7620/0/S141-ALH-120-V-7)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S141v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S141v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S141v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S141v4.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S141v5.pdf)
9. **SL2012-168** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S141v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9\To Concur — **41–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — primary (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Clary — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Goolsby — cosponsor (person)
- Harrington — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Meredith — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Rouzer — cosponsor (person)
- Soucek — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-07-12** Ch. SL 2012-168 `became-law`
- **2012-07-12** Signed By Gov. 7/12/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-03** Pres. To Gov. 7/3/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-07-02** Ratified
- **2012-07-02** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-29** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2012
- **2012-06-29** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2012-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2012-06-28** Rules Suspended for 3rd Reading
- **2012-06-28** Amend Adopted 3 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-28** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-06-27** Amend Failed 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2012-06-27** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2012
- **2012-06-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-27** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-19** Re-ref Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-18** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-04-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-14** Placed On Cal For 4/20/2011
- **2011-04-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-04-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-04-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-28** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/912cf9f1-2fb7-4a86-b336-36b946bc8b61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).