---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow Restaurants to Use Outdoor Grills."
description: "Allow Restaurants to Use Outdoor Grills."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 24"
citation: "North Carolina SB 24 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FOOD SERVICES", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "SANITATION", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McInnis", "Tarte"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/671765b5-3599-4701-b4e1-0bf4a27d82c7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S24&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "654bca3b72cfa33a58d966c86b57e05af21609164aa76e419657c51bb9c815fd"
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 24 (2017) — Allow Restaurants to Use Outdoor Grills.

## 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/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S24v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S24v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S24v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S24v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S24v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2017-18** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S24v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McInnis — primary (person)
- Tarte — primary (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- D. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-24** Ch. SL 2017-18 `became-law`
- **2017-05-24** Signed by Gov. 5/24/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Pres. To Gov. 5/23/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-22** Ratified
- **2017-05-18** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-05-18** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-16** Placed On Cal For 05/18/2017
- **2017-05-16** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2017-05-11** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-05-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-10** Placed On Cal For 05/11/2017
- **2017-05-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-05-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-08** Re-ref Com On Regulatory Reform `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-10** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-06** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-04-06** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-04-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-03-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-02** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-02-02** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/671765b5-3599-4701-b4e1-0bf4a27d82c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).