---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Definition/Jud. District/State Bar."
description: "Clarify Definition/Jud. District/State Bar."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 18"
citation: "North Carolina SB 18 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "JUDGES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MUNICIPALITIES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STATE BAR", "GUILFORD COUNTY", "HIGH POINT", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. VAUGHAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-01"
last_action: "2011-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fecd75cd-de67-47af-b4ea-bf17dfb88284"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S18&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a463292c0c3577deeeda98efb45f85b9ffeb484f939d9790aa7ce89335018f50"
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 18 (2011) — Clarify Definition/Jud. District/State Bar.

## 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/S18v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S18v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S18v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S18v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-28** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S18v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Vaughan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-04-07** Ch. SL 2011-28 `became-law`
- **2011-04-07** Signed By Gov. 4/7/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-04-05** Pres. To Gov. 4/5/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-04-04** Ratified
- **2011-03-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-30** Placed On Cal For 3/31/2011
- **2011-03-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-03-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-24** Re-ref Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-03-10** Ref To Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-03-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-02** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fecd75cd-de67-47af-b4ea-bf17dfb88284`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).