---
type: "Bill"
title: "Further Modify 2011 Appointments Bill."
description: "Further Modify 2011 Appointments Bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 354"
citation: "North Carolina SB 354 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION DEPT.", "ALARM SYSTEMS", "APPOINTMENTS", "AUTHORITIES", "AVIATION", "BOARDS", "CJE & TRAINING STANDARDS COMN.", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "COMMITTEES", "CONTRACTS", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "EDUCATION", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "ETHICS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GLOBAL TRANSPARK AUTHORITY", "HOUSING", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "JUDGES", "JUDICIAL STANDARDS COMN.", "LANDLORD & TENANT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMN.", "MAGISTRATES", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SAFETY", "SAFETY EQUIPMENT", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "SCIENCE/MATH SCHOOL BOARD", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "SMALL BUSINESSES", "SMOKE DETECTORS", "SPEAKER", "SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES", "TEACHERS", "TEACHING FELLOWS COMN.", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELEPHONES", "TITLE CHANGE", "TOLL ROADS & BRIDGES", "UNC", "911 BOARD", "SEN. BINGHAM", "TURNPIKE AUTHORITY BOARD", "CHAPTERED", "ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT", "SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTOR AUTHORITY", "PORTAL PROJECT REVIEW COMM."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-16"
last_action: "2011-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fa0673e-8d39-4b43-96dc-d697fa2d201f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S354&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a42a106a5227fd3df0a241c4c572275040f9811ad30f2a8d631075c434f254f1"
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 354 (2011) — Further Modify 2011 Appointments Bill.

## 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/S354v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S354v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S354v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S354v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S354v4.pdf)
6. **SL2011-410** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S354v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9\To Concur — **40–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-09-14** Ch. SL 2011-410 `became-law`
- **2011-09-14** Ratified
- **2011-09-14** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-13** Placed On Cal For 9/14/2011
- **2011-09-13** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2011-09-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-09-12** Placed On Cal For 9/13/2011
- **2011-09-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-09-12** serial referral stricken bill is re-referred to Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- **2011-09-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-05-12** Ref to the Com on Commerce and Job Development, if favorable, Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-04** Placed On Cal For 5/10/2011
- **2011-05-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-05-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-19** Re-ref Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-19** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-03-17** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fa0673e-8d39-4b43-96dc-d697fa2d201f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).