---
type: "Bill"
title: "Debt Reduction Act of 2011."
description: "Debt Reduction Act of 2011."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 464"
citation: "North Carolina SB 464 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETING", "CAPITAL SPENDING", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "DEBT/STATE GOVERNMENT", "STATE TREASURER", "UNC", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. STEVENS", "SEN. HUNT", "SEN. BRUNSTETTER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brunstetter", "Hunt"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-30"
last_action: "2011-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2c444a7-face-4308-a5e6-31d6d7adba25"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S464&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "706697477d8fe22aef038d2a54b14648f7d988912f50f8601c29314f13607eed"
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 464 (2011) — Debt Reduction Act of 2011.

## 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/S464v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S464v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S464v2.pdf)
4. **SL2011-66** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S464v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **64–48** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brunstetter — primary (person)
- Hunt — primary (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-05-03** Ch. SL 2011-66 `became-law`
- **2011-05-03** Signed By Gov. 5/3/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-05-03** Pres. To Gov. 5/3/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-05-02** Ratified
- **2011-04-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-26** Placed On Cal For 4/28/2011
- **2011-04-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-04-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-04-14** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-04-13** Placed On Cal For 4/14/2011
- **2011-04-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-04-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-13** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-13** Placed On Cal For 4/13/2011
- **2011-04-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-12** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-03-31** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2c444a7-face-4308-a5e6-31d6d7adba25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).