---
type: "Bill"
title: "Effective Utilization of PED."
description: "Effective Utilization of PED."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 841"
citation: "North Carolina SB 841 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMITTEES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "LEGISLATIVE SERVICES OFFICE", "MANAGEMENT", "PRESENTED", "RATIFIED", "STUDIES", "SEN. ALLRAN", "CHAPTERED", "PROGRAM EVALUATION COMM.", "PROGRAM EVALUATION DIVISION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-05-21"
last_action: "2012-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ce042f9-5708-40e7-9bb5-51f4cbc4b688"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S841&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "059ff2b2482d64dad736cca776d4e665294e839eace2abb1afb4bbbd1872d166"
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 841 (2011) — Effective Utilization of PED.

## 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/S841v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S841v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S841v2.pdf)
4. **SL2012-80** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S841v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-06-26** Ch. SL 2012-80 `became-law`
- **2012-06-26** Signed By Gov. 6/26/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-21** Pres. To Gov. 6/21/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-21** Ratified
- **2012-06-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/20/2012
- **2012-06-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-06** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-06-06** Rec From Senate
- **2012-06-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-22** Ref To Com On Program Evaluation `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-05-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ce042f9-5708-40e7-9bb5-51f4cbc4b688`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).