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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Venus Flytrap Official Carnivorous Plant."
+description: "Venus Flytrap Official Carnivorous Plant."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2005"
+identifier: "SB 116"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 116 (2005)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STATE SYMBOLS", "SEN. PURCELL", "PLANTS & TREES", "CHAPTERED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2005-02-10"
+last_action: "2005-06-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49157518-465c-436a-89d3-399909e6caa6"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S116&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "0a838766953bc32a00465f7a2b31dde236ee0b7ae476ba92366e9979f0a13867"
+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 116 (2005) — Venus Flytrap Official Carnivorous Plant.
+
+## 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/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S116v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S116v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S116v2.pdf)
+4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S116v3.pdf)
+5. **SL2005-74** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S116v4.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **76–4** (pass) · lower
+- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2005-06-07** Ch. SL 2005-74 `became-law`
+- **2005-06-07** Signed By Gov. 6/7/2005 `executive-signature`
+- **2005-06-02** Pres. To Gov. 6/2/2005 `executive-receipt`
+- **2005-06-01** Ratified
+- **2005-05-31** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2005-05-26** Placed On Cal For 5/31/2005
+- **2005-05-26** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
+- **2005-05-26** Rec From House
+- **2005-05-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2005-05-24** Placed On Cal For 5/25/2005
+- **2005-05-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2005-05-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2005-05-02** Ref To Com On State Government `referral-committee`
+- **2005-05-02** Rec From Senate
+- **2005-04-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2005-04-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2005-02-14** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2005-02-10** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49157518-465c-436a-89d3-399909e6caa6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+