---
type: "Bill"
title: "DWI/Custodial Interrogation Amendments."
description: "DWI/Custodial Interrogation Amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 241"
citation: "North Carolina SB 241 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DWI", "MINORS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "SEN. PURCELL", "SEN. ALLRAN", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. ATWATER", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allran", "Purcell"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-07"
last_action: "2011-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/258cbb8b-1451-43ec-815f-5e4e4f528435"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S241&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "844ced7cd78738132a7e55b155e1c4961e37f47210c95c3051f99c78dd4d5e5e"
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 241 (2011) — DWI/Custodial Interrogation 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/S241v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASA-28-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/1306/0/S241-ASA-28-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S241v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S241v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S241v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S241v4.pdf)
7. **SL2011-329** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S241v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **108–5** (pass) · lower
- House Amd\Motion 9\To Concur — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allran — primary (person)
- Purcell — primary (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Mansfield — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-27** Ch. SL 2011-329 `became-law`
- **2011-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/27/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-18** Ratified
- **2011-06-17** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2011
- **2011-06-17** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2011-06-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-06-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-06-16** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **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`
- **2011-04-07** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-04-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-08** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/258cbb8b-1451-43ec-815f-5e4e4f528435`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).