republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2011/sb-781.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulatory Reform Act of 2011."
description: "Regulatory Reform Act of 2011."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 781"
citation: "North Carolina SB 781 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMIN. HEARINGS OFFICE", "ADMIN. PROCEDURE OVERSIGHT COMM.", "ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "BUDGET & MANAGEMENT OFFICE", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "COASTAL RESOURCES COMN.", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "COMMITTEES", "COURTS", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "EROSION", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "FISHERIES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "PUBLIC HEALTH COMN.", "INTERSTATE COOPERATION", "LAKES & RIVERS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MARINE FISHERIES COMN.", "MINING & MINERAL EXTRACTION", "MINING COMN.", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REGISTER", "REPORTS", "RULES REVIEW COMN.", "SEDIMENTATION CONTROL COMN.", "SESSION LAWS", "SOILS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STATE PERSONNEL COMN.", "STUDIES", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "VETOED", "WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMN.", "CHAPTERED", "VETO OVERRIDDEN", "SEN. BROWN", "SEN. EAST", "SEN. ROUZER", "REGULATORY REFORM COMM."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rouzer"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-06-06"
last_action: "2011-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/777c4133-7a24-49d6-80b3-4868f746d6e0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S781&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "81659fb9a2c3133208f6920c35ca02d6e6177e8ea6628df8522c84ef44ec4cb7"
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 781 (2011) — Regulatory Reform Act of 2011.

## 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/S781v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARO-31-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/1193/0/S781-ARO-31-V-3)
3. **A2: ARO-30-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/1194/0/S781-ARO-30-V-4)
4. **A3: ARO-32-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/1195/0/S781-ARO-32-V-1)
5. **A6: ARO-34-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/1241/0/S781-ARO-34-V-2)
6. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S781v1.pdf)
7. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S781v2.pdf)
8. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S781v3.pdf)
9. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S781v4.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S781v5.pdf)
11. **SL2011-398** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S781v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Veto Override — **76–42** (pass) · lower
- Veto Override\M3 To Lay On\The Table/Clin\cher — **71–46** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rouzer — primary (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- East — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-07-25** Ch. SL 2011-398 `became-law`
- **2011-07-25** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2011-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/25/2011
- **2011-07-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-07-14** Rec From Senate
- **2011-07-13** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2011-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/13/2011
- **2011-06-30** Vetoed 6/30/2011 `executive-veto`
- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-18** Ratified
- **2011-06-17** Conf Report Adopted
- **2011-06-17** Conf Report Adopted
- **2011-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2011
- **2011-06-16** Conf Com Reported
- **2011-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2011
- **2011-06-16** Conf Com Reported
- **2011-06-16** Conf Com Appointed
- **2011-06-16** Conf Com Appointed
- **2011-06-16** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2011-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2011
- **2011-06-16** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2011-06-15** Ordered Engrossed
- **2011-06-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-06-15** Amend Adopted 6 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-06-14** Amend Failed 5 `amendment-failure`
- **2011-06-14** Amend Failed 4 `amendment-failure`
- **2011-06-14** Amend Adopted 3 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-14** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-14** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2011
- **2011-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-13** Ref To Com On Commerce and Job Development Subcommittee on Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-06-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-06-08** Placed On Cal For 6/8/2011
- **2011-06-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-06-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-07** Re-ref Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-07** Re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-06** Ref to Commerce. If fav, re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/777c4133-7a24-49d6-80b3-4868f746d6e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).