---
type: "Bill"
title: "Task Force on Fraud Against Older Adults."
description: "Task Force on Fraud Against Older Adults."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 449"
citation: "North Carolina SB 449 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGING", "COMMERCE", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "CRIMES", "FRAUD", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "TASK FORCES", "SEN. BINGHAM", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-29"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f34f21c0-8844-4dfb-bbde-126e8215206a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S449&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "27ec639d74615f5d41b10db257790232ee909cf4c2a3f55e4add83156eabc6c8"
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 449 (2011) — Task Force on Fraud Against Older Adults.

## 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/S449v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S449v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S449v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S449v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-189** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S449v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Brunstetter — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Preston — cosponsor (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-189 `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** 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`
- **2011-04-26** Ref To Com On Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-04-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-30** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f34f21c0-8844-4dfb-bbde-126e8215206a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).