---
type: "Bill"
title: "Roadside Campaign Signs."
description: "Roadside Campaign Signs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 315"
citation: "North Carolina SB 315 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING", "BOARDS", "COMMUNICATIONS", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SIGNS", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "SEN. D. BERGER", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. BROCK", "SEN. DANIEL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Berger", "Daniel"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-10"
last_action: "2011-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e4bc711-2232-4ec0-b876-37204ae6d7e1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S315&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "120fd3f40708efce5114cded917a245f56184c2148b1abf7965fb341900821c9"
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 315 (2011) — Roadside Campaign Signs.

## 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/S315v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S315v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S315v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S315v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S315v4.pdf)
6. **SL2011-408** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S315v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 8\To Adopt — **38–9** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **68–47** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Berger — primary (person)
- Daniel — primary (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Goolsby — cosponsor (person)
- Harrington — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-08-04** Ch. SL 2011-408 `became-law`
- **2011-08-04** Signed By Gov. 8/4/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-28** Pres. To Gov. 7/28/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-07-28** Ratified
- **2011-07-28** Conf Report Adopted
- **2011-07-28** Conf Report Adopted
- **2011-07-27** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2011
- **2011-07-27** Conf Com Reported
- **2011-07-27** Placed On Cal For 7/28/2011
- **2011-07-27** Conf Com Reported
- **2011-06-18** Conf Com Appointed
- **2011-06-17** Conf Com Appointed
- **2011-06-17** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2011-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2011
- **2011-06-17** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2011-06-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-06-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-07** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-06** Placed On Cal For 6/7/2011
- **2011-06-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-05-18** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-05-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-14** Ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e4bc711-2232-4ec0-b876-37204ae6d7e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).