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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Airports Exempt From Local Tree Ordinances."
+description: "Airports Exempt From Local Tree Ordinances."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2013"
+identifier: "HB 646"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 646 (2013)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AIRPORTS", "AUTHORITIES", "AVIATION", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION", "PLANTS & TREES", "CHAPTERED", "LOCAL ORDINANCES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Catlin"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2013-04-09"
+last_action: "2013-07-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83d5c37f-af9b-4f0b-bfed-29ec3c5437ff"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H646&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "b9eb43d58b4e576b4b70f1f00d9844aad00a5e85a6f56f124d8c057371f996c4"
+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 HB 646 (2013) — Airports Exempt From Local Tree Ordinances.
+
+## 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H646v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H646v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H646v2.pdf)
+4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H646v3.pdf)
+5. **SL2013-331** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H646v4.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
+- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Catlin — primary (person)
+- B. Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
+- Ford — cosponsor (person)
+- Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramsey — cosponsor (person)
+- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Ross — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-07-23** Ch. SL 2013-331 `became-law`
+- **2013-07-23** Signed by Gov. 7/23/2013 `executive-signature`
+- **2013-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2013 `executive-receipt`
+- **2013-07-18** Ratified
+- **2013-07-17** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2013-07-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2013-07-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2013-07-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-04-24** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2013-04-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2013-04-24** Rec From House
+- **2013-04-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2013-04-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2013-04-22** Placed On Cal For 04/23/2013
+- **2013-04-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2013-04-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-04-10** Ref To Com On Government `referral-committee`
+- **2013-04-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2013-04-09** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83d5c37f-af9b-4f0b-bfed-29ec3c5437ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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