---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transfer Evidence Warehouse to DPS."
description: "Transfer Evidence Warehouse to DPS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 881"
citation: "North Carolina SB 881 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EVIDENCE", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "STORAGE SYSTEMS", "WAREHOUSING", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. GOOLSBY", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-05-23"
last_action: "2012-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84fb1228-bf36-4a3b-b6b8-50eb8de50559"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S881&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "615d434455cc168f453f8e5cec452a68721509cad9498ccab3b66dd4322dedc7"
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 881 (2011) — Transfer Evidence Warehouse to DPS.

## 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/S881v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARW-60-v-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/6959/0/S881-ARW-60-v-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S881v1.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S881v2.pdf)
5. **SL2012-83** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S881v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Goolsby — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-06-26** Ch. SL 2012-83 `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** Engrossed
- **2012-06-20** Concurred In H Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/20/2012
- **2012-06-19** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2012-06-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2012-06-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-06-18** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2012
- **2012-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2012-06-11** Re-ref Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-06-11** Rec From Senate
- **2012-06-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-05-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84fb1228-bf36-4a3b-b6b8-50eb8de50559`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).