---
type: "Bill"
title: "Official Herring Festival."
description: "Official Herring Festival."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 275"
citation: "North Carolina SB 275 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "COUNTIES", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "ENVIRONMENT", "FESTIVALS", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STATE SYMBOLS", "MARTIN COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. JENKINS", "JAMESVILLE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-09"
last_action: "2011-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab85e8bf-3a44-4be6-8157-a88519067363"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S275&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9feacb4502625355a93db44f0e976df80c6c82e7ec9f290617e8459069446519"
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 275 (2011) — Official Herring Festival.

## 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/S275v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S275v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S275v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S275v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-59** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S275v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9\To Concur — **44–4** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-04-28** Ch. SL 2011-59 `became-law`
- **2011-04-28** Signed By Gov. 4/28/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-04-25** Pres. To Gov. 4/25/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-04-21** Ratified
- **2011-04-20** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-19** Placed On Cal For 4/20/2011
- **2011-04-19** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2011-04-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-13** Placed On Cal For 4/14/2011
- **2011-04-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-04-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-28** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-10** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab85e8bf-3a44-4be6-8157-a88519067363`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).