---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulatory Reform Act of 2012."
description: "Regulatory Reform Act of 2012."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 810"
citation: "North Carolina SB 810 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMIN. HEARINGS OFFICE", "ADMIN. PROCEDURE OVERSIGHT COMM.", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "AGRICULTURE", "AUDITING & AUDITS", "BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "COMMITTEES", "CORPORATIONS", "NONPROFIT", "DENR", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "EMPLOYMENT", "ENVIRONMENT", "ESCHEATS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "PUBLIC HEALTH COMN.", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INSPECTIONS", "LABOR DEPT.", "LAKES & RIVERS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PERSONNEL", "POLLUTION", "PORTS", "PRESENTED", "PRODUCE", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "REGISTER", "SANITATION", "SESSION LAWS", "SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STATE PERSONNEL COMN.", "TESTING", "TRANSPORTATION", "UTILITIES", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "WATER RESOURCES", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. BROWN", "SEN. DAVIS", "SEN. ROUZER", "WELLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown", "Rouzer"]
version_count: 18
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-05-17"
last_action: "2012-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4d24f7b-683b-4fb2-98af-f99f28a6a487"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S810&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "306537277fd5abe3ae3a3afc5ab4c04ba978bb61881718fb6722b7a2b60688a8"
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 810 (2011) — Regulatory Reform Act of 2012.

## 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/S810v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARO-53-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/6101/0/S810-ARO-53-V-1)
3. **A1: ARO-76-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/7096/0/S810-ARO-76-V-2)
4. **A3: ARI-67-V-7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/7121/0/S810-ARI-67-V-7)
5. **A3: ASB-71-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/6283/0/S810-ASB-71-V-3)
6. **A4: ARI-73-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/7098/0/S810-ARI-73-V-3)
7. **A4: ASB-72-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/6284/0/S810-ASB-72-V-2)
8. **A5: ARO-56-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/6285/0/S810-ARO-56-V-1)
9. **A6: ALB-169-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/6368/0/S810-ALB-169-V-2)
10. **A6: ARO-77-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/7200/0/S810-ARO-77-V-1)
11. **A7: ARI-76-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/7201/0/S810-ARI-76-V-2)
12. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S810v1.pdf)
13. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S810v2.pdf)
14. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S810v3.pdf)
15. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S810v4.pdf)
16. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S810v5.pdf)
17. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S810v6.pdf)
18. **SL2012-187** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S810v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9\To Concur — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **77–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)
- Rouzer — primary (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Gunn — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-07-16** Ch. SL 2012-187 `became-law`
- **2012-07-16** Signed By Gov. 7/16/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-28** Ratified
- **2012-06-27** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-26** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2012
- **2012-06-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2012-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2012
- **2012-06-25** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2012-06-21** Ordered Engrossed
- **2012-06-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2012-06-21** Amend Adopted 7 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-21** Amend Adopted 6 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-21** Amendment Withdrawn 2 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2012-06-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-06-20** Amendment Withdrawn 5 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2012-06-20** Amend Adopted 4 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-20** Amend Adopted 3 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-20** Amend Temporarily Displaced 2
- **2012-06-20** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-19** Postponed To 6/20/2012
- **2012-06-18** Postponed To 6/19/2012
- **2012-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2012
- **2012-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-06** Ref To Com On Commerce and Job Development `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-06-05** Rec From Senate
- **2012-06-04** Engrossed
- **2012-06-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2012-06-04** Amend Adopted 6 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-04** Reconsidered 3rd Reading
- **2012-05-31** Engrossed
- **2012-05-31** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2012-05-31** Amend Adopted 5 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-31** Amend Adopted 4 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-31** Amend Adopted 3 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-05-30** Amendment Withdrawn 2 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2012-05-30** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-29** Placed On Cal For 5/30/2012
- **2012-05-29** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2012-05-24** Placed On Cal For 5/29/2012
- **2012-05-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2012-05-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-21** Re-ref Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2012-05-21** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4d24f7b-683b-4fb2-98af-f99f28a6a487`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).