---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rendering Act Amendments."
description: "Rendering Act Amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 512"
citation: "North Carolina HB 512 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "COMMERCE", "CRIMES", "FEES", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "FUELS", "MANUFACTURING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "THEFT", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "ALTERNATIVE ENERGY", "REP. TORBETT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-29"
last_action: "2012-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23455b4d-b9b7-481c-bd70-20ff74bc0de8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H512&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "873f227a724a796ad0bae8ccc01bb114cf8da91e6e26f567b3871c14a94b3259"
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 512 (2011) — Rendering Act Amendments.

## 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/H512v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H512v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H512v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H512v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H512v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H512v5.pdf)
7. **SL2012-127** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H512v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 8\To Adopt — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Justice — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Torbett — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-06-29** Ch. SL 2012-127 `became-law`
- **2012-06-29** Signed By Gov. 6/29/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-26** Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-25** Ratified
- **2012-06-20** Conf Report Adopted
- **2012-06-20** Conf Report Adopted
- **2012-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/20/2012
- **2012-06-19** Conf Com Reported
- **2012-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/20/2012
- **2012-06-19** Conf Com Reported
- **2011-07-28** Conf Com Appointed
- **2011-06-17** Conf Com Appointed
- **2011-06-17** Failed concur in S/Com Sub
- **2011-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2011
- **2011-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-16** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2011-06-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-06-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-06-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-13** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-06-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-10** Rec From House
- **2011-06-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/9/2011
- **2011-06-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-19** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-04** Re-ref Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-03-30** Ref to the Com on Agriculture, if favorable, Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23455b4d-b9b7-481c-bd70-20ff74bc0de8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).