---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts and Investigations."
description: "Courts and Investigations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 699"
citation: "North Carolina SB 699 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DATA SYSTEMS", "ELECTIONS", "ETHICS", "FEES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "JUDGES", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "RECORDS", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED", "ETHICS COMN.", "ETHICS COMM", "LEGISLATIVE", "SEN. STEIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-19"
last_action: "2012-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ab00e5a-a014-470e-9c6f-894c86176a6a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S699&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "285a72415a24dfd8e81b6481ad6ff6c4e10d588c2cd2e7b6ea70c6743151edf8"
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 699 (2011) — Courts and Investigations.

## 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/S699v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S699v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S699v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S699v3.pdf)
5. **SL2012-182** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S699v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9\To Concur — **46–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion 9\To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-07-12** Ch. SL 2012-182 `became-law`
- **2012-07-12** Signed By Gov. 7/12/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-28** Ratified
- **2012-06-28** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-27** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2012
- **2012-06-27** Reconsidered Concurrence
- **2012-06-27** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-26** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2012
- **2012-06-26** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2012-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2012-06-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-06-21** Placed On Cal For 6/25/2012
- **2012-06-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-13** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-08** Placed On Cal For 6/9/2011
- **2011-06-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-06-08** Placed On Cal For 6/8/2011
- **2011-06-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-07** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ab00e5a-a014-470e-9c6f-894c86176a6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).