---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempt Cooking Schools From Food Regulations."
description: "Exempt Cooking Schools From Food Regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 346"
citation: "North Carolina SB 346 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "FOOD SERVICES", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PRIVATE SCHOOLS", "PROPRIETARY SCHOOLS", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "SANITATION", "SEN. KINNAIRD", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-15"
last_action: "2011-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca9cb691-82e9-4e91-8ee1-4f76600d9daf"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S346&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ef7433a8a17794154e865e923c959c286843a896e57afd6bf5e1b49091cd2a1a"
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 346 (2011) — Exempt Cooking Schools From Food Regulations.

## 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/S346v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASH-5-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/201/0/S346-ASH-5-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S346v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S346v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S346v3.pdf)
6. **SL2011-335** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S346v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **111–2** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-27** Ch. SL 2011-335 `became-law`
- **2011-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/27/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-17** Ratified
- **2011-06-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2011
- **2011-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-07** Assigned To Commerce and Job Development Subcommittee on Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-20** Assigned To Commerce and Job Development `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-13** Assigned To Commerce and Job Development Subcommittee on Science and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-05** Ref To Com On Commerce and Job Development `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-31** Engrossed
- **2011-03-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-31** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-16** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca9cb691-82e9-4e91-8ee1-4f76600d9daf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).