---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow Use of Oyster Shells As Serving Dishes."
description: "Allow Use of Oyster Shells As Serving Dishes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 444"
citation: "North Carolina SB 444 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COASTAL RESOURCES", "FISHERIES", "FISHERIES PRODUCTS", "FOOD SERVICES", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-01"
last_action: "2019-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bc25b6b-6665-4144-8ee4-8dbb62521b0b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S444&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d5c98d2d177f56e3d8abed6dad08eb064bb44a70d7d5e76906545c61c05dc93b"
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 444 (2019) — Allow Use of Oyster Shells As Serving Dishes.

## 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/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S444v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S444v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S444v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2019-141** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S444v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McInnis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-19** Ch. SL 2019-141 `became-law`
- **2019-07-19** Signed by Gov. 7/19/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-11** Pres. To Gov. 7/11/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-10** Ratified
- **2019-07-09** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-07-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-08** Placed On Cal For 07/09/2019
- **2019-07-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-07-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-17** Re-ref to the Com on Regulatory Reform, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-05-07** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2019-05-06** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-05-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-18** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-02** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bc25b6b-6665-4144-8ee4-8dbb62521b0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).