---
type: "Bill"
title: "Various Emergency Management Changes."
description: "Various Emergency Management Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 798"
citation: "North Carolina SB 798 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "APPOINTMENTS", "COMMITTEES", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SPEAKER", "CHAPTERED", "AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER", "SEN. BRUNSTETTER", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMM."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-05-16"
last_action: "2012-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c974709e-54bd-48ba-b6b5-e1c561bfadc7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S798&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "686e30f2ec28e81470239be40f4428cc34318821b9de747979a7126e82bb6fb9"
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 798 (2011) — Various Emergency Management Changes.

## 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/S798v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMD-93-V-7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/6789/0/S798-AMD-93-V-7)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S798v1.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S798v2.pdf)
5. **SL2012-90** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S798v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brunstetter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-06-28** Ch. SL 2012-90 `became-law`
- **2012-06-28** Signed By Gov. 6/28/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-19** Ratified
- **2012-06-18** Concurred In H Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2012
- **2012-06-14** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2012-06-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2012-06-13** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-12** Postponed To 6/13/2012
- **2012-06-07** Postponed To 6/12/2012
- **2012-06-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-06-06** Placed On Cal For 6/6/2012
- **2012-06-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-05-24** Rec From Senate
- **2012-05-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-05-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-05-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c974709e-54bd-48ba-b6b5-e1c561bfadc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).