---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment Insurance Changes."
description: "Unemployment Insurance Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 828"
citation: "North Carolina SB 828 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "PRESENTED", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "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: 11
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-05-17"
last_action: "2012-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fedbef4-3203-40e0-bf73-39ab05219822"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S828&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "31fb3bf6d52d00d0edf5d08674a85914c5c4781e8672d67fce494a61b86f4e38"
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 828 (2011) — Unemployment Insurance 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/S828v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARB-87-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/6542/0/S828-ARB-87-V-3)
3. **A1: ARB-92-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/7009/0/S828-ARB-92-V-2)
4. **A2: AMC-55-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/7011/0/S828-AMC-55-V-1)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S828v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S828v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S828v3.pdf)
8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S828v4.pdf)
9. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S828v5.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S828v6.pdf)
11. **SL2012-134** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S828v7.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 8\To Adopt — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## 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.

- **2012-06-29** Ch. SL 2012-134 `became-law`
- **2012-06-29** Signed By Gov. 6/29/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-27** Ratified
- **2012-06-26** Conf Report Adopted
- **2012-06-26** Conf Report Adopted
- **2012-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2012
- **2012-06-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2012-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2012
- **2012-06-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2012-06-21** Conf Com Appointed
- **2012-06-21** Conf Com Appointed
- **2012-06-21** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2012-06-20** Placed On Cal For 6/21/2012
- **2012-06-20** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2012-06-19** Ordered Engrossed
- **2012-06-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-19** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-19** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-18** Placed On Cal For 6/19/2012
- **2012-06-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-11** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-06-08** Rec From Senate
- **2012-06-07** Engrossed
- **2012-06-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-07** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2012-06-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `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/5fedbef4-3203-40e0-bf73-39ab05219822`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).