---
type: "Bill"
title: "Update Archaic Disability Terms."
description: "Update Archaic Disability Terms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 248"
citation: "North Carolina SB 248 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABLED PERSONS", "GENERAL STATUTES", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. HARTSELL", "CHAPTERED", "DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-07"
last_action: "2011-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0610f095-9e72-44d2-89aa-ed6294cc3e07"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S248&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "62672cedfc74fc0181c77ae767e1ccfedabfcc26e846898f079963575c44a8f9"
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 248 (2011) — Update Archaic Disability Terms.

## 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/S248v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S248v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S248v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S248v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-29** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S248v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-04-07** Ch. SL 2011-29 `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`
- **2011-03-22** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-17** Engrossed
- **2011-03-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-17** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-08** Ref To Com On Health Care `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/0610f095-9e72-44d2-89aa-ed6294cc3e07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).