---
type: "Bill"
title: "Obtain Blood Sample/Implied-Consent Laws."
description: "Obtain Blood Sample/Implied-Consent Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "North Carolina SB 16 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "DRUG TESTING", "DWI", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TESTING", "SEN. D. BERGER", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. EAST", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Berger"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-01-31"
last_action: "2011-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71e14c4f-76fa-4a88-b7d5-34b664770294"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S16&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "de163f7dbf7c3965de2f4dcbeef2a4c5773d0b727c90d174bff00c746d26c64e"
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 16 (2011) — Obtain Blood Sample/Implied-Consent Laws.

## 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/S16v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S16v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S16v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S16v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S16v4.pdf)
6. **SL2011-119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S16v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9\To Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Berger — primary (person)
- East — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-13** Ch. SL 2011-119 `became-law`
- **2011-06-13** Signed By Gov. 6/13/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-09** Pres. To Gov. 6/9/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-08** Ratified
- **2011-06-07** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-06** Placed On Cal For 6/7/2011
- **2011-06-06** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2011-06-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-01** Placed On Cal For 6/2/2011
- **2011-06-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-03-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-01-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71e14c4f-76fa-4a88-b7d5-34b664770294`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).