---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enact First Evaluation Program."
description: "Enact First Evaluation Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 437"
citation: "North Carolina SB 437 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DHHS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHYSICIANS", "PRESENTED", "PSYCHIATRY", "PSYCHOLOGY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SEN. HARTSELL", "CHAPTERED", "LMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-28"
last_action: "2011-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2afb601-acb9-4dea-961b-f5ca47ede13d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S437&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "708f516fa98b704edddd8db33e14e1ab501264b8a2fcce0f46719f7ddf69212f"
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 437 (2011) — Enact First Evaluation Program.

## 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/S437v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASQ-41-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/318/0/S437-ASQ-41-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S437v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S437v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S437v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S437v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S437v5.pdf)
8. **SL2011-346** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S437v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9\To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-27** Ch. SL 2011-346 `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** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2011
- **2011-06-16** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2011-06-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-13** Re-ref Com On Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-04-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-19** Engrossed
- **2011-04-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-19** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-18** Placed On Cal For 4/19/2011
- **2011-04-18** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-04-16** Placed On Cal For 4/18/2011
- **2011-04-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-04-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-04-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-29** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2afb601-acb9-4dea-961b-f5ca47ede13d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).