---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Shrimp Festival-Sneads Ferry."
description: "State Shrimp Festival-Sneads Ferry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 173"
citation: "North Carolina HB 173 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COASTAL RESOURCES", "COUNTIES", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "FESTIVALS", "FISHERIES", "FISHERIES PRODUCTS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ONSLOW COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "SNEADS FERRY", "REP. SHEPARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-23"
last_action: "2011-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9182f82f-0169-4cac-8996-e8826cf8e933"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H173&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "87f6b98b858a0691e1a58a9c590fb7a2b8a3a30b440a4a23c96de70a8c59fa23"
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 173 (2011) — State Shrimp Festival-Sneads Ferry.

## 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H173v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H173v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H173v2.pdf)
4. **SL2011-65** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H173v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Justice — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-05-03** Ch. SL 2011-65 `became-law`
- **2011-05-03** Signed By Gov. 5/3/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-05-03** Pres. To Gov. 5/3/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-05-02** Ratified
- **2011-04-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-26** Placed On Cal For 4/28/2011
- **2011-04-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-03-21** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-18** Rec From House
- **2011-03-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-16** Placed On Cal For 3/17/2011
- **2011-03-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-03-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-24** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9182f82f-0169-4cac-8996-e8826cf8e933`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).