---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt State Butterfly; Festivals."
description: "Adopt State Butterfly; Festivals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 236"
citation: "North Carolina SB 236 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "BLANK BILL", "COMMERCE", "COUNTIES", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "ENVIRONMENT", "FESTIVALS", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "LOCAL", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STATE SYMBOLS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "NEW HANOVER COUNTY", "ONSLOW COUNTY", "CLEVELAND COUNTY", "MARION", "MCDOWELL COUNTY", "SWANSBORO", "CHAPTERED", "SHELBY", "SEN. GOOLSBY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-07"
last_action: "2012-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/524e80bd-2c1d-4df1-84e4-d373a1ed61a0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S236&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "bd38dbf297281b4865b2bc5607e66b0111178ad5b0655c214e7e911f04710c20"
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 236 (2011) — Adopt State Butterfly; Festivals.

## 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/S236v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S236v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S236v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S236v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S236v4.pdf)
6. **SL2012-29** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S236v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9\To Concur — **40–3** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **105–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goolsby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-06-15** Ch. SL 2012-29 `became-law`
- **2012-06-15** Signed By Gov. 6/15/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-12** Pres. To Gov. 6/12/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-11** Ratified
- **2012-06-07** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-06** Placed On Cal For 6/7/2012
- **2012-06-06** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2012-06-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-05** Placed On Cal For 6/5/2012
- **2012-06-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-13** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **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** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-08** Re-ref Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-03-08** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/524e80bd-2c1d-4df1-84e4-d373a1ed61a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).