---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adjournment Sine Die."
description: "Adjournment Sine Die."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SJR 961"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 961 (2011)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "CHAPTERED", "ADJOURNMENT", "SEN. APODACA"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-07-02"
last_action: "2012-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34ef6473-9bf8-4451-8690-bc9a3cb52169"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S961&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "fc58866d612078636e174e2364187103af11bd1c7c050e5d705cf1498154c843"
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 SJR 961 (2011) — Adjournment Sine Die.

## 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/S961v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S961v1.pdf)
3. **Res 2012-12** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S961v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-07-03** Ch. Res 2012-12 `became-law`
- **2012-07-03** Ratified
- **2012-07-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2012
- **2012-07-02** Withdrawn From Com
- **2012-07-02** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2012-07-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-07-02** Rec From Senate
- **2012-07-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2012
- **2012-07-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-02** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2012-07-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-07-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34ef6473-9bf8-4451-8690-bc9a3cb52169`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).