republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2011/hb-642.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Justice Reinvestment Act."
description: "Justice Reinvestment Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 642"
citation: "North Carolina HB 642 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "COURTS", "DHHS", "JUDICIAL DEPT.", "NARCOTICS", "PAROLE & PROBATION", "PRESENTED", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "SENTENCING ADVISORY COMN.", "CHAPTERED", "REP. BORDSEN", "REP. PARMON", "REP. GUICE", "REP. FAIRCLOTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bordsen", "Faircloth", "Guice"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-05"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9483fb0-49e6-404d-9990-06cf13c7a449"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H642&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d585230c3bc923c80ddf9367ec7c164accb3a9ffbc2bd67b09e8566ac934a340"
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 HB 642 (2011) — Justice Reinvestment Act.

## 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/House/PDF/H642v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALH-72-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/772/0/H642-ALH-72-V-3)
3. **A2: ARK-65-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/773/0/H642-ARK-65-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H642v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H642v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H642v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H642v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H642v5.pdf)
9. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H642v6.pdf)
10. **Edition 7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H642v7.pdf)
11. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H642v8.pdf)
12. **SL2011-192** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H642v9.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **115–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bordsen — primary (person)
- Faircloth — primary (person)
- Guice — primary (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-192 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-17** Pres. To Gov. 6/17/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-16** Ratified
- **2011-06-15** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-15** Rec To Concur S Com Sub No. 2
- **2011-06-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-13** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-09** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-06** Ref to Judiciary I. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-06** Rec From House
- **2011-06-02** Ordered Engrossed
- **2011-06-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-06-02** Amend Failed 3 `amendment-failure`
- **2011-06-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-06-01** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-01** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-31** Placed On Cal For 6/1/2011
- **2011-05-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-05-31** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-14** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-06** Serial Referral to Finance Stricken, if fav to Appropriations
- **2011-04-06** Re-ref Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-04-06** Ref to the Com on Judiciary, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9483fb0-49e6-404d-9990-06cf13c7a449`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).