---
type: "Bill"
title: "Poultry Waste RECs."
description: "Poultry Waste RECs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 710"
citation: "North Carolina SB 710 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURAL WASTE", "AGRICULTURE", "ELECTRICITY", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "CHAPTERED", "ALTERNATIVE ENERGY", "SEN. RUCHO"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-19"
last_action: "2011-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8235eab8-3501-4e9b-b412-678969357847"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S710&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "843efe12abc4330fd000d8d21f86e970af4d2f740c7c8be65a073fa3247ef942"
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 710 (2011) — Poultry Waste RECs.

## 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/S710v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S710v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S710v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S710v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-309** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S710v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **100–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-27** Ch. SL 2011-309 `became-law`
- **2011-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/27/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-18** Ratified
- **2011-06-17** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2011
- **2011-06-17** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2011-06-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-06-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2011
- **2011-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-07** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-06-07** Ref To Com On Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-20** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8235eab8-3501-4e9b-b412-678969357847`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).