---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expunge Nonviolent Offense by Minor."
description: "Expunge Nonviolent Offense by Minor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 397"
citation: "North Carolina SB 397 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "JUVENILE CODE", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. D. BERGER", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. MCKISSICK", "SEN. DANIEL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Berger", "McKissick"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-22"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5268a76f-bc57-4bf4-8f63-440b7f84fc5a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S397&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a18e5ced2744acebe8f278f1597fe5bec51cd37eb7a0ceefd4bd1833ab01fa0f"
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 397 (2011) — Expunge Nonviolent Offense by Minor.

## 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/S397v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S397v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S397v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S397v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-278** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S397v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **90–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Berger — primary (person)
- McKissick — primary (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Blue — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Goolsby — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Mansfield — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Soucek — cosponsor (person)
- Vaughan — cosponsor (person)
- Walters — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-278 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-17** Ratified
- **2011-06-16** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2011
- **2011-06-16** Rec From House
- **2011-06-15** 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`
- **2011-04-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-23** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5268a76f-bc57-4bf4-8f63-440b7f84fc5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).