---
type: "Bill"
title: "Photo ID for Certain Controlled Substances."
description: "Photo ID for Certain Controlled Substances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 474"
citation: "North Carolina SB 474 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "ID SYSTEMS", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "PHARMACISTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. APODACA", "SEN. HISE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Apodaca"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-30"
last_action: "2011-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cdc0a74-fa0f-4484-8d4d-a8128d9fb37f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S474&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c55f8edd79ecb510fd8e2a57c539356f83d87fe38b59876ef015abe3f5dc985d"
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 474 (2011) — Photo ID for Certain Controlled Substances.

## 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/S474v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARO-10-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/363/0/S474-ARO-10-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S474v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S474v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S474v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S474v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S474v5.pdf)
8. **SL2011-349** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S474v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9\To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **107–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — primary (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Rouzer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-27** Ch. SL 2011-349 `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** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2011
- **2011-06-16** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2011-06-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **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`
- **2011-06-14** Assigned To Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-20** Engrossed
- **2011-04-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-20** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-04-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-31** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3cdc0a74-fa0f-4484-8d4d-a8128d9fb37f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).