---
type: "Bill"
title: "Defense of Marriage."
description: "Defense of Marriage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 514"
citation: "North Carolina SB 514 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "CONSTITUTION", "NC", "ELECTIONS", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "HOMOSEXUALITY", "LAKES & RIVERS", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES", "TITLE CHANGE", "WATER RESOURCES", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. BRUNSTETTER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-05"
last_action: "2011-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/561a970c-1677-4d9a-92da-7d343ba7dfe9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S514&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2f58ebcf407d91e85cd0a17dffb37e4ebc42141fd23873b604e3d041fd2b9e86"
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 514 (2011) — Defense of Marriage.

## 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/S514v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S514v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S514v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S514v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S514v4.pdf)
6. **SL2011-409** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S514v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading\Motion 9\To Concur — **30–16** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading\Motion 9\To Concur — **30–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brunstetter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-09-14** Ch. SL 2011-409 `became-law`
- **2011-09-14** Ratified
- **2011-09-13** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2011-09-13** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2011-09-12** Placed On Cal For 9/13/2011
- **2011-09-12** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2011-09-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-09-12** Amend Failed 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2011-09-12** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2011-09-12** Reptd Fav Com Sub No, 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-09-12** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2011-09-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-06-17** Re-ref Com On Environment `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-06-17** Reconsidered 2nd Reading
- **2011-06-16** Failed 2nd Reading
- **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`
- **2011-05-02** Ref To Com On Environment `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-06** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/561a970c-1677-4d9a-92da-7d343ba7dfe9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).