---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oyster Shells/Highway Beautification."
description: "Oyster Shells/Highway Beautification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1453"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1453 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COASTAL RESOURCES", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISHERIES", "FISHERIES PRODUCTS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECYCLING", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SOLID WASTE", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. JENKINS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-22"
last_action: "2007-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac5fc401-18e0-483c-91d0-f5d5b4eb786a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1453&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "cc2515e4d8fc32f2ef537c19a609eafd3c246f506762f6bfe09129f051c7bc09"
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 1453 (2007) — Oyster Shells/Highway Beautification.

## 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/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1453v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1453v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1453v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1453v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-84** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1453v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Boseman — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-14** Ch. SL 2007-84 `became-law`
- **2007-06-14** Signed By Gov. 6/14/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-12** Pres. To Gov. 6/12/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-11** Ratified
- **2007-06-07** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-06** Placed On Cal For 6/7/2007
- **2007-06-06** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-06-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-06-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-31** Placed On Cal For 6/4/2007
- **2007-05-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-15** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-26** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac5fc401-18e0-483c-91d0-f5d5b4eb786a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).