---
type: "Bill"
title: "Minors/Sentencing for 1st Degree Murder."
description: "Minors/Sentencing for 1st Degree Murder."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 635"
citation: "North Carolina SB 635 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "FINES & PENALTIES", "JUVENILE CODE", "MINORS", "PAROLE COMN.", "PAROLE & PROBATION", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SENTENCING", "SENTENCING ADVISORY COMN.", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "LITTERING", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. ROUZER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-18"
last_action: "2012-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f1d4cad-27ba-4d45-8d8c-321f57d66c78"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S635&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ea6e0a52b8b85c96aaf7d8f3f3cf8098f47fa045d81efc5a56b61a5128f87443"
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 635 (2011) — Minors/Sentencing for 1st Degree Murder.

## 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/S635v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S635v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S635v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S635v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S635v4.pdf)
6. **SL2012-148** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S635v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9\To Concur — **40–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **111–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rouzer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-07-12** Ch. SL 2012-148 `became-law`
- **2012-07-12** Signed By Gov. 7/12/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-03** Pres. To Gov. 7/3/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-07-03** Ratified
- **2012-07-02** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2012
- **2012-07-02** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2012-07-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-07-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-07-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-08** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-06** Placed On Cal For 6/8/2011
- **2011-06-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-06-02** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-06-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-19** Ref to Judiciary II. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f1d4cad-27ba-4d45-8d8c-321f57d66c78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).