---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transfer Certain Correctional Facilities."
description: "Transfer Certain Correctional Facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 951"
citation: "North Carolina SB 951 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "BOARDS", "BUILDINGS", "COMMISSIONS", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALES & CONVEYANCES", "STATE BUILDING COMN.", "STATE BUILDINGS", "CLEVELAND COUNTY", "HAYWOOD COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. WESTMORELAND", "COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-05-30"
last_action: "2012-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91d1cf2d-9347-4196-9c90-2a5580ded69e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S951&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "09e6e7448e14e7d8988ba65e527fcef31330b512dc450b10b2a41b9a47721555"
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 951 (2011) — Transfer Certain Correctional Facilities.

## 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/S951v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARF-49-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/7082/0/S951-ARF-49-V-1)
3. **A1: ATO-5-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/7330/0/S951-ATO-5-V-2)
4. **A2: ALB-193-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/7331/0/S951-ALB-193-V-1)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S951v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S951v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S951v3.pdf)
8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S951v4.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S951v5.pdf)
10. **SL2012-177** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S951v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9\To Concur — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Westmoreland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-07-12** Ch. SL 2012-177 `became-law`
- **2012-07-12** Signed By Gov. 7/12/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-29** Ratified
- **2012-06-28** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2012
- **2012-06-28** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2012-06-27** Ordered Engrossed
- **2012-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2012-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-06-26** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-26** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-25** Postponed To 6/26/2012
- **2012-06-25** Reconsidered 2nd Reading
- **2012-06-25** Failed 2nd Reading
- **2012-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/25/2012
- **2012-06-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-21** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-06-21** Rec From Senate
- **2012-06-20** Engrossed
- **2012-06-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-20** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-31** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-05-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91d1cf2d-9347-4196-9c90-2a5580ded69e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).