---
type: "Bill"
title: "Birth Certificate/Stillborn Infants."
description: "Birth Certificate/Stillborn Infants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 770"
citation: "North Carolina SB 770 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PREGNANCY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STATE REGISTRAR", "VITAL RECORDS", "WOMEN", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. BROCK"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-19"
last_action: "2011-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3c35548-f77d-400a-a744-431ce0d7d0fe"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S770&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "713309e13ee37737674478fbaae0dfa974593ddda53110745d724ce80e5cd65c"
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 770 (2011) — Birth Certificate/Stillborn Infants.

## 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/S770v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASQ-79-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/986/0/S770-ASQ-79-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S770v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S770v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S770v3.pdf)
6. **SL2011-357** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S770v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Comm. Amd. 1\Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9\To Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-27** Ch. SL 2011-357 `became-law`
- **2011-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/27/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-17** Ratified
- **2011-06-16** Concurred In H Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2011
- **2011-06-16** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2011-06-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-15** Com Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2011
- **2011-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-14** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-13** Ref To Com On Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Engrossed
- **2011-06-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-08** Placed On Cal For 6/8/2011
- **2011-06-08** Com Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-08** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-20** Ref To Com On Health Care `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/a3c35548-f77d-400a-a744-431ce0d7d0fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).