---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expedited Rule Making for Forced Combination."
description: "Expedited Rule Making for Forced Combination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 824"
citation: "North Carolina SB 824 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REVENUE DEPT.", "TAX RETURNS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "CORPORATE INCOME", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "SEN. HARTSELL", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. STEVENS", "SEN. BRUNSTETTER", "SEN. MCKISSICK", "SEN. ROUZER", "SEN. RUCHO", "SEN. BLUE", "SEN. HARRINGTON", "SEN. RABON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucho"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-05-17"
last_action: "2012-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29ec8820-8571-4439-83e5-f1276d7ac001"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S824&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "54a416ae44be6e19806821bfdb79a0b12a4e8a4d5b6c02fe89e941ac797b3976"
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 824 (2011) — Expedited Rule Making for Forced Combination.

## 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/S824v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARB-81-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/6280/0/S824-ARB-81-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S824v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S824v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S824v3.pdf)
6. **SL2012-43** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S824v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **78–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rucho — primary (person)
- Blue — cosponsor (person)
- Brunstetter — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Harrington — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)
- Rouzer — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-06-20** Ch. SL 2012-43 `became-law`
- **2012-06-20** Signed By Gov. 6/20/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-14** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-14** Ratified
- **2012-06-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-12** Placed On Cal For 6/13/2012
- **2012-06-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-05** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-06-04** Rec From Senate
- **2012-05-31** Engrossed
- **2012-05-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-05-31** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-21** Ref To Com On Finance `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/29ec8820-8571-4439-83e5-f1276d7ac001`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).