---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Mineral Is Gold."
description: "State Mineral Is Gold."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 129"
citation: "North Carolina SB 129 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GEOLOGY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STATE SYMBOLS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. BROWN", "PRECIOUS METALS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-24"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29c3f5d9-90e3-4d18-8671-2f9897df5da4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S129&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f952201418f6adf5695a84be1239d465aaceab066eba8bf24662f962e122262c"
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 129 (2011) — State Mineral Is Gold.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S129v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALB-80-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/655/0/S129-ALB-80-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S129v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S129v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S129v3.pdf)
6. **SL2011-233** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S129v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **109–7** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-233 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/16/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-15** Ratified
- **2011-06-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2011
- **2011-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-25** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-23** Engrossed
- **2011-05-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-23** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-28** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29c3f5d9-90e3-4d18-8671-2f9897df5da4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).