---
type: "Bill"
title: "Add Controlled Substances."
description: "Add Controlled Substances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "North Carolina SB 7 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "FISCAL NOTES", "NARCOTICS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. BROWN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-01-27"
last_action: "2011-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af010040-9eeb-43fe-a003-596a09032c0e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S7&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "13a888482906bc4bc7bbbe5712518454d995513b349f86590cc77745590b2d73"
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 7 (2011) — Add Controlled Substances.

## 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/S7v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S7v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S7v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S7v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S7v4.pdf)
6. **SL2011-12** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S7v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9\To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Gunn — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Meredith — cosponsor (person)
- Rouzer — cosponsor (person)
- Soucek — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-03-25** Ch. SL 2011-12 `became-law`
- **2011-03-25** Signed By Gov. 3/25/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-03-17** Pres. To Gov. 3/17/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-03-16** Ratified
- **2011-03-15** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-14** Placed On Cal For 3/15/2011
- **2011-03-11** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2011-03-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-09** Placed On Cal For 3/10/2011
- **2011-03-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-03-09** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-23** Re-ref Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-15** Ref to the Com on Health and Human Services, if favorable, Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-02-08** Placed On Cal For 2/10/2011
- **2011-02-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-02-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-01-31** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-01-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-01-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af010040-9eeb-43fe-a003-596a09032c0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).