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+type: "Bill"
+title: "North Carolina Farm Act of 2017."
+description: "North Carolina Farm Act of 2017."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 615"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 615 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "AGRICULTURAL WASTE", "AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE & FORESTRY COMN.", "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "ANIMALS", "BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "COMMISSIONS", "DEFINITIONS", "DMV", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "FARMERS MARKETS", "FORESTRY", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HORTICULTURE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LIVESTOCK & POULTRY", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MANUFACTURING", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "STUDIES", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "CHAPTERED", "RECREATIONAL THERAPY", "AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT", "AGRICULTURAL LAND", "HIGHWAY PATROL", "HORSES & MULES", "WINERIES & BREWERIES", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.", "ABANDONED PROPERTY", "BEER & WINE", "BEEKEEPING"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["B. Jackson", "Sanderson"]
+version_count: 11
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-04-04"
+last_action: "2017-07-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52872441-0c67-40df-8742-8f6c61d2d0b7"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S615&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "586b4a68b37bd41d7acebbfc8fe874b14b3d91e08b07aaddfed5c49dd3b44893"
+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 615 (2017) — North Carolina Farm Act of 2017.
+
+## 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/S615v0.pdf)
+2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/5023/0/S615-A-NBC-1631)
+3. **A2: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/5016/0/S615-A-NBC-1630)
+4. **A3: ARN-32-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/5183/0/S615-ARN-32-V-4)
+5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S615v1.pdf)
+6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S615v2.pdf)
+7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S615v3.pdf)
+8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S615v4.pdf)
+9. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S615v5.pdf)
+10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S615v6.pdf)
+11. **SL 2017-108** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S615v7.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- C RPT Adoption — **98–18** (pass) · lower
+- For Adoption Conference Report — **36–10** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- B. Jackson — primary (person)
+- Sanderson — primary (person)
+- Brock — cosponsor (person)
+- Horner — cosponsor (person)
+- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-07-12** Ch. SL 2017-108 `became-law`
+- **2017-07-12** Signed by Gov. 7/12/2017 `executive-signature`
+- **2017-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2017 `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-06-29** Ratified
+- **2017-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2017-06-28** Conf Report Adopted
+- **2017-06-28** Conf Report Adopted
+- **2017-06-28** Added to Calendar
+- **2017-06-28** Conf Com Reported
+- **2017-06-28** Placed on Today's Calendar
+- **2017-06-28** Conf Com Reported
+- **2017-06-28** Conf Com Appointed
+- **2017-06-28** Conf Com Appointed
+- **2017-06-28** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
+- **2017-06-28** Placed on Today's Calendar
+- **2017-06-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
+- **2017-06-28** Special Message Sent To Senate
+- **2017-06-28** Ordered Engrossed
+- **2017-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-06-28** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2017-06-27** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-06-27** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2017
+- **2017-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2017-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-21** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-14** Ref to the Com on Agriculture, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-06-13** Regular Message Received From Senate
+- **2017-06-13** Regular Message Sent To House
+- **2017-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2017-06-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-07** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-05-30** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-30** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2017-05-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-05-26** Sequential Referral To Judiciary Stricken
+- **2017-05-24** Re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-24** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2017-04-20** Re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-20** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2017-04-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-04-04** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52872441-0c67-40df-8742-8f6c61d2d0b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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