---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program."
description: "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 1151"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1151 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "DHHS", "EDUCATION", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "MINORS", "NUTRITION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "UNC", "SEN. DANNELLY", "SEN. PURCELL", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. TILLMAN", "SEN. PRESTON", "SEN. WALTERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-05-13"
last_action: "2010-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/521a4c1d-9d9e-4c58-8480-d54b9cf19d10"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S1151&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "20672eb0fae1bac7a04aec4f2774b7b65352eb3be52b396f324aa3a08e4fd1df"
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 1151 (2009) — Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

## 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/S1151v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1151v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1151v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1151v3.pdf)
5. **SL2010-160** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1151v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **107–4** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Preston — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
- Walters — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-23** Ch. SL 2010-160 `became-law`
- **2010-07-23** Signed By Gov. 7/23/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-02** Pres. To Gov. 7/2/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-01** Ratified
- **2010-06-30** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2010-06-29** Placed On Cal For 6/30/2010
- **2010-06-29** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2010-06-28** Rec From House
- **2010-06-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-06-24** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2010
- **2010-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-22** Re-ref Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-31** Ref to the Com on Education, if favorable, Health `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-05-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-05-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-17** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/521a4c1d-9d9e-4c58-8480-d54b9cf19d10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).