---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt Official State Sport."
description: "Adopt Official State Sport."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 322"
citation: "North Carolina SB 322 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RACING", "RATIFIED", "SPORTS", "STATE SYMBOLS", "TRANSPORTATION", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. APODACA", "SEN. TILLMAN", "SEN. NESBITT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Apodaca", "Tillman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-10"
last_action: "2011-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6e60c4d-1efc-414f-8693-9dd1dbdd738c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S322&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d24e5ec8e7a3d9d630a562bbb7c022bc9974f87fa797e1239ed0b53b7c6d3a38"
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 322 (2011) — Adopt Official State Sport.

## 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/S322v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATG-184-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/1271/0/S322-ATG-184-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S322v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S322v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S322v3.pdf)
6. **SL2011-187** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S322v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **109–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE AMD\Motion 9\To Concur — **48–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — primary (person)
- Tillman — primary (person)
- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-21** Ch. SL 2011-187 `became-law`
- **2011-06-21** Signed By Gov. 6/21/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-17** Pres. To Gov. 6/17/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-16** Ratified
- **2011-06-15** Concurred In H Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-15** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2011-06-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-15** Com Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-05** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-05-02** Placed On Cal For 5/5/2011
- **2011-05-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-05-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-27** Placed On Cal For 4/27/2011
- **2011-04-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-04-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-14** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `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/c6e60c4d-1efc-414f-8693-9dd1dbdd738c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).