---
type: "Bill"
title: "Selective Vegetation Removal/State Highways."
description: "Selective Vegetation Removal/State Highways."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 183"
citation: "North Carolina SB 183 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING", "COMMUNICATIONS", "FEES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SIGNS", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "PLANTS & TREES", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. BROWN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 10
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-02"
last_action: "2011-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ceedd86-3341-4546-84b1-b4efa9e18181"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S183&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "abadb179cdbbd02126e15cf4529966ab33a84276aced7bb4e676aaec6413a0eb"
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 183 (2011) — Selective Vegetation Removal/State Highways.

## 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/S183v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATD-122-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/1184/0/S183-ATD-122-V-3)
3. **A1: ATD-93-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/662/0/S183-ATD-93-V-4)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S183v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S183v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S183v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S183v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S183v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S183v6.pdf)
10. **SL2011-397** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S183v7.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **82–20** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 8\To Adopt — **39–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-07-18** Ch. SL 2011-397 `became-law`
- **2011-07-18** Signed By Gov. 7/18/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-14** Pres. To Gov. 7/14/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-07-13** Ratified
- **2011-06-17** Conf Report Adopted
- **2011-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2011
- **2011-06-17** Conf Com Reported
- **2011-06-16** Conf Report Adopted
- **2011-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2011
- **2011-06-16** Conf Com Reported
- **2011-06-16** Conf Com Appointed
- **2011-06-15** Conf Com Appointed
- **2011-06-15** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-15** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2011-06-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-14** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-13** Postponed To 6/14/2011
- **2011-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/13/2011
- **2011-06-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-06-08** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-08** Pursuant Rule 32 (a)
- **2011-06-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-04** Re-ref Com On Commerce and Job Development Subcommittee on Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-04** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-05-26** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-24** Engrossed
- **2011-05-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-24** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-19** Placed On Cal For 5/24/2011
- **2011-05-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-05-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-28** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-04-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-03** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ceedd86-3341-4546-84b1-b4efa9e18181`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).