---
type: "Bill"
title: "Grape Growers Council Funds."
description: "Grape Growers Council Funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 970"
citation: "North Carolina SB 970 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "BLANK BILL", "COMMERCE", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "PRESENTED", "PRODUCE", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TAXES", "FOOD", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. KERR", "GRAPE GROWERS COUNCIL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-04"
last_action: "2001-11-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38d3e0b7-1738-440d-b932-c0d2d1793fee"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S970&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "68a407217b938201787c83a9630917eae94b00a1a3a97f1257800b3fc6d88d95"
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 970 (2001) — Grape Growers Council Funds.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S970v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S970v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S970v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-475** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S970v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **76–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kerr — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-11-29** Ch. SL 2001-475 `became-law`
- **2001-11-29** Signed By Gov. 11/29/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-11-23** Pres. To Gov. 11/21/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-11-20** Ratified
- **2001-11-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-11-15** Placed On Cal For 11/16/2001
- **2001-11-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-11-15** Reptd Without Prejudice
- **2001-09-17** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2001-09-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-09-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-09-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-08-28** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-08-28** Rec From Senate
- **2001-08-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-08-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-08-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-05-01** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-01** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-04-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38d3e0b7-1738-440d-b932-c0d2d1793fee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).