---
type: "Bill"
title: "Codify NC Century Farms Program in DACS."
description: "Codify NC Century Farms Program in DACS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 493"
citation: "North Carolina SB 493 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. DANIEL", "SEN. JACKSON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-31"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c51dfe32-2b5b-438b-87f5-1fc4ac01e3e3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S493&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9423817555b44ede4729b1b41a89cf8ed61f7401f4f1892141462ee9f89eb7a2"
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 493 (2011) — Codify NC Century Farms Program in DACS.

## 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/S493v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S493v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S493v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S493v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-201** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S493v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniel — primary (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Brunstetter — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)
- Rouzer — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-201 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-14** Ratified
- **2011-06-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/13/2011
- **2011-06-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-02** Ref To Com On Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-04-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `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/c51dfe32-2b5b-438b-87f5-1fc4ac01e3e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).