---
type: "Bill"
title: "Register of Deeds/Filing False Marriage Docs."
description: "Register of Deeds/Filing False Marriage Docs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 311"
citation: "North Carolina SB 311 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEEDS", "MARRIAGE & CIVIL UNIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "RECORDATION OF INSTRUMENTS", "REGISTER OF DEEDS", "VITAL RECORDS", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "FAMILY ISSUES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-17"
last_action: "2015-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e299a88-adef-4f9c-8a09-1cf2030be9f9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S311&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a946fec0959f1f917cecc8a9e78f72b4d3a8e507c0aa33e165eca315ff96a5a6"
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 311 (2015) — Register of Deeds/Filing False Marriage Docs.

## 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/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v2.pdf)
4. **SL2015-53** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **111–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-04** Ch. SL 2015-53 `became-law`
- **2015-06-04** Signed by Gov. 6/4/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-29** Pres. To Gov. 05/29/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-28** Ratified
- **2015-05-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-05-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-05-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-27** Added to Calendar
- **2015-05-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-05-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-15** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-04-15** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-04-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-02** Placed On Cal For 04/14/2015
- **2015-04-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-24** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-18** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e299a88-adef-4f9c-8a09-1cf2030be9f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).