---
type: "Bill"
title: "Add Definition of Biodiesel."
description: "Add Definition of Biodiesel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 457"
citation: "North Carolina SB 457 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSERVATION", "DEFINITIONS", "FUELS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. SNOW", "ALTERNATIVE ENERGY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-05"
last_action: "2009-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42051188-41b9-49dc-a94e-808eb6031337"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S457&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3fd63a979e94e71365d3278a05aff8dd53a78180ad7cd09146707d1afcb371bd"
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 457 (2009) — Add Definition of Biodiesel.

## 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/S457v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S457v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S457v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S457v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-237** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S457v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Brunstetter — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-30** Ch. SL 2009-237 `became-law`
- **2009-06-30** Signed By Gov. 6/30/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-23** Pres. To Gov. 6/23/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-22** Ratified
- **2009-06-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2009
- **2009-06-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-27** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-12** Ref to the Com on Energy and Energy Efficiency, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-01** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-09** Ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42051188-41b9-49dc-a94e-808eb6031337`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).