---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt Official NC Potato Festival."
description: "Adopt Official NC Potato Festival."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 588"
citation: "North Carolina HB 588 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "COUNTIES", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "FESTIVALS", "PRESENTED", "PRODUCE", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. OWENS", "PASQUOTANK COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-12"
last_action: "2009-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e281cde-a1d9-4e73-abe1-eba06dccc24b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H588&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e955b494b8d5a46d58599bcae904bd42fbddd0307063b37005ceba9cc905308f"
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 588 (2009) — Adopt Official NC Potato Festival.

## 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H588v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H588v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H588v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H588v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-24** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H588v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Owens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-05-13** Ch. SL 2009-24 `became-law`
- **2009-05-13** Signed By Gov. 5/13/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-05-13** Pres. To Gov. 5/13/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-05-13** Ratified
- **2009-05-12** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/12/2009
- **2009-05-12** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-05-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-21** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-21** Rec From House
- **2009-04-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-16** Placed On Cal For 4/20/2009
- **2009-04-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-04-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-01** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-16** Ref to the Com on Agriculture, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e281cde-a1d9-4e73-abe1-eba06dccc24b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).