---
type: "Bill"
title: "Set Aside Paternity/Child Support."
description: "Set Aside Paternity/Child Support."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 203"
citation: "North Carolina SB 203 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD SUPPORT", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "DIVORCE", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. EAST", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "SEN. MCKISSICK"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKissick"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-03"
last_action: "2011-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/731bdf56-3484-4f98-a103-4339ce290a01"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S203&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b10d8327cd16f4192e1de54c2464621e2042c28c259222d7d964ea148982a671"
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 203 (2011) — Set Aside Paternity/Child Support.

## 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/S203v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARV-21-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/933/0/S203-ARV-21-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S203v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S203v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S203v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S203v4.pdf)
7. **SL2011-328** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S203v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9\To Concur — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McKissick — primary (person)
- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Clary — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- East — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Vaughan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-27** Ch. SL 2011-328 `became-law`
- **2011-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/27/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-17** Ratified
- **2011-06-16** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2011
- **2011-06-16** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2011-06-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-08** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-07** Engrossed
- **2011-06-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-06-07** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-06-02** Placed On Cal For 6/6/2011
- **2011-06-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-14** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-03-07** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/731bdf56-3484-4f98-a103-4339ce290a01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).