---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pretrial Release Violation/Arrest."
description: "Pretrial Release Violation/Arrest."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 311"
citation: "North Carolina SB 311 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BAIL", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "PRESENTED", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "SURETY & FIDELITY", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. EAST"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-09"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a98d24cd-4377-47c1-92f9-8be61d0f7995"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S311&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "09575ac46523a0127c4e042c35769bc85e904bee5625dae9ed96b09c43918734"
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 311 (2011) — Pretrial Release Violation/Arrest.

## 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/S311v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v4.pdf)
6. **SL2011-245** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **110–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9\To Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- East — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-245 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-17** Pres. To Gov. 6/17/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-16** Ratified
- **2011-06-15** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-15** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2011-06-14** 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 Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-13** Re-ref Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-05-04** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-04-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-10** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `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/a98d24cd-4377-47c1-92f9-8be61d0f7995`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).