---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ban Certain Single-Use Bags."
description: "Ban Certain Single-Use Bags."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 1018"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1018 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COASTAL RESOURCES", "COMMERCE", "CONSERVATION", "ENVIRONMENT", "FINES & PENALTIES", "PRESENTED", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. STEIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-25"
last_action: "2009-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74ac1f43-5c7c-49ca-8981-0dd16c880d73"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S1018&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ff1dc7c89882bbe659eacad6e282b305f72cae27eac8eb14a00fc610cbfcd510"
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 1018 (2009) — Ban Certain Single-Use Bags.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1018v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1018v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1018v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1018v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1018v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1018v5.pdf)
7. **SL2009-163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1018v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **44–2** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **78–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Stein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-24** Ch. SL 2009-163 `became-law`
- **2009-06-24** Signed By Gov. 6/24/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-24** Pres. To Gov. 6/23/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-23** Ratified
- **2009-06-22** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-22** Placed On Cal For 6/22/2009
- **2009-06-22** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-06-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-18** Amend Failed 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2009-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2009
- **2009-06-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-17** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-09** Re-ref Com On Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-18** Ref to the Com on Environment and Natural Resources, if favorable, Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-04** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-04** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-03-26** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74ac1f43-5c7c-49ca-8981-0dd16c880d73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).