---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extend Small Business Center Incubator Period."
description: "Extend Small Business Center Incubator Period."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 287"
citation: "North Carolina SB 287 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMERCE", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "INCUBATORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SMALL BUSINESSES", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. APODACA"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-09"
last_action: "2011-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f235dd1f-8c51-4a53-ad3c-6fc1027a3c52"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S287&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "72ccc04f5c6b578ad81d3cf344c81ddcfd514b06fffc5533698e1dde50ee3d10"
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 287 (2011) — Extend Small Business Center Incubator Period.

## 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/S287v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S287v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S287v2.pdf)
4. **SL2011-331** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S287v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-27** Ch. SL 2011-331 `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** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2011
- **2011-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-29** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-10** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f235dd1f-8c51-4a53-ad3c-6fc1027a3c52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).