---
type: "Bill"
title: "Continue Local Food Advisory Council."
description: "Continue Local Food Advisory Council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 491"
citation: "North Carolina SB 491 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "COMMERCE DEPT.", "COMMISSIONS", "CONSERVATION", "COUNCILS", "ENVIRONMENT", "EROSION", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PRODUCE", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION COMN.", "SOILS", "TITLE CHANGE", "WATER RESOURCES", "SUNSETS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. ROUZER", "SUSTAINABLE FOOD POLICY COUNCIL", "AGRICULTURAL LAND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-31"
last_action: "2012-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5139d041-d286-43bd-83a6-9586222ee6af"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S491&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1c531d237214b2f0e59d6b1a93a14e54690bee597151c3ea4e1967ccaebc548e"
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 491 (2011) — Continue Local Food Advisory Council.

## 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/S491v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S491v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S491v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S491v3.pdf)
5. **SL2012-75** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S491v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **82–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- East — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Rouzer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-06-26** Ch. SL 2012-75 `became-law`
- **2012-06-26** Signed By Gov. 6/26/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-21** Pres. To Gov. 6/21/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-21** Ratified
- **2012-06-20** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/20/2012
- **2012-06-19** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2012-06-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-18** Amend Failed 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2012-06-13** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2012
- **2012-06-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-07** Ref To Com On Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-07** Placed On Cal For 6/7/2011
- **2011-06-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-04** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5139d041-d286-43bd-83a6-9586222ee6af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).