---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remove Restriction/Firefighter Disability."
description: "Remove Restriction/Firefighter Disability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 869"
citation: "North Carolina SB 869 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "INSURANCE", "LGERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RESCUE SQUADS", "RETIREMENT", "CHAPTERED", "INSURANCE", "DISABILITY", "SEN. CLARY", "SEN. DANIEL", "SEN. NEWTON", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel", "Newton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-05-22"
last_action: "2012-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2062073-4bee-4a8e-8d35-6217f529dc01"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S869&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1481bf5a3debe2dc0a381770bb65fccdfd047b3559269b67d128d9307b764e45"
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 869 (2011) — Remove Restriction/Firefighter Disability.

## 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/S869v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S869v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S869v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S869v3.pdf)
5. **SL2012-82** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S869v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9\To Concur — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniel — primary (person)
- Newton — primary (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Goolsby — cosponsor (person)
- Harrington — cosponsor (person)
- Meredith — cosponsor (person)
- Preston — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Westmoreland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-06-26** Ch. SL 2012-82 `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
- **2012-06-21** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-20** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-19** Ref To Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-19** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2012-06-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-13** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2012
- **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 State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2012-06-07** Ref to the Com on Government, if favorable, State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-06-07** Rec From Senate
- **2012-06-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-23** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-05-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2062073-4bee-4a8e-8d35-6217f529dc01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).