---
type: "Bill"
title: "Confectioners may use up to 5% Alcohol By Vol."
description: "Confectioners may use up to 5% Alcohol By Vol."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 90"
citation: "North Carolina HB 90 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "COMMERCE", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "MANUFACTURING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ROSS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-14"
last_action: "2011-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87cca4ed-6674-48c7-bea0-e7d3f2325ab4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H90&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7028154d8c6c0071a592e386b4040152f1ebc05b657a5a8bcff6e95e68d146b2"
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 90 (2011) — Confectioners may use up to 5% Alcohol By Vol.

## 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/H90v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H90v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H90v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H90v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-26** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H90v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **102–16** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-04-07** Ch. SL 2011-26 `became-law`
- **2011-04-07** Signed By Gov. 4/7/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-04-01** Pres. To Gov. 4/1/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-03-31** Ratified
- **2011-03-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-23** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-23** Rec From House
- **2011-03-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-21** Placed On Cal For 3/22/2011
- **2011-03-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-03-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-07** Assigned To Commerce and Job Development Subcommittee on Alcoholic Beverage Control `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-15** Ref To Com On Commerce and Job Development `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87cca4ed-6674-48c7-bea0-e7d3f2325ab4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).