---
type: "Bill"
title: "Victims' Compensation Law Changes.-AB"
description: "Victims' Compensation Law Changes.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 272"
citation: "North Carolina SB 272 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "CHARITABLE DONATIONS", "COMMISSIONS", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "CORPORATIONS", "NONPROFIT", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "COURTS", "CRIME VICTIMS COMPENSATION COMN.", "CRIMES", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "VICTIMS RIGHTS", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. BRUNSTETTER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-08"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a684eee-a419-4deb-8962-d05965accc5f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S272&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c7c1e5c7ad36e15cb4766b325414bf7705e98ce646787e931d31c0a56d892468"
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 272 (2011) — Victims' Compensation Law Changes.-AB

## 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/S272v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S272v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S272v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S272v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S272v4.pdf)
6. **SL2011-267** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S272v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brunstetter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-267 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/16/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-15** Ratified
- **2011-06-14** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2011
- **2011-06-14** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2011-06-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/13/2011
- **2011-06-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-18** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-04-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-09** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a684eee-a419-4deb-8962-d05965accc5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).