---
type: "Bill"
title: "Facilitate Transfer SPH Beds Com. Facility."
description: "Facilitate Transfer SPH Beds Com. Facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 578"
citation: "North Carolina SB 578 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "DHHS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. HARTSELL", "SUBSTANCE ABUSE", "CHAPTERED", "DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES", "LMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-12"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53536d99-439f-4480-98f9-9952223d84bb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S578&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ff1477ff682b712d21a69497dd980dbc3f131991b6ea1f20dc0086112717befb"
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 578 (2011) — Facilitate Transfer SPH Beds Com. Facility.

## 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/S578v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S578v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S578v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S578v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-275** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S578v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **107–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-275 `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** 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 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-07** Ref To Com On Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-06-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-06-02** Placed On Cal For 6/6/2011
- **2011-06-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-06-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-14** Ref To Com On Mental Health & Youth Services `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53536d99-439f-4480-98f9-9952223d84bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).