---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation Reform/Codify Executive Order."
description: "Transportation Reform/Codify Executive Order."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 890"
citation: "North Carolina SB 890 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSTRUCTION", "CONTRACTS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. HARRINGTON", "SEN. RABON", "CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-05-23"
last_action: "2012-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc4a84cf-b58f-4af2-8a5e-6c537f134a8a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S890&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "14bd7bae6d7e95664de4c62915d8d4a94504a70bd667724ddee9dc5f4df1b0ed"
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 890 (2011) — Transportation Reform/Codify Executive Order.

## 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/S890v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S890v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S890v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S890v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S890v4.pdf)
6. **SL2012-84** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S890v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **115–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Goolsby — cosponsor (person)
- Harrington — cosponsor (person)
- Meredith — cosponsor (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)
- Rouzer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-06-26** Ch. SL 2012-84 `became-law`
- **2012-06-26** Signed By Gov. 6/26/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-19** Ratified
- **2012-06-18** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2012
- **2012-06-14** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **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 Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-05** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-06-04** Rec From Senate
- **2012-05-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-05-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-24** Ref To Com On Transportation `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/cc4a84cf-b58f-4af2-8a5e-6c537f134a8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).