---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tax Revenue for Turfgrass Research/Mental Health."
description: "Tax Revenue for Turfgrass Research/Mental Health."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 688"
citation: "North Carolina HB 688 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "APPOINTMENTS", "APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGETING", "COMMITTEES", "DISABLED PERSONS", "FERTILIZERS", "FISCAL NOTES", "FUNDING", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HORTICULTURE", "MEMBERSHIP", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "RESEARCH", "REVENUE DEPT.", "RURAL ECONOMIC DEV. CENTER", "STATE CONTROLLER", "STATE TREASURER", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "SALES & USE", "TITLE CHANGE", "UNC", "UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS", "REP. GIBSON", "WAKE COUNTY", "SUBSTANCE ABUSE", "GUILFORD COUNTY", "GREENSBORO", "RALEIGH", "TURFGRASS FUNDING COMM.", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Warwick", "Weatherly"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-15"
last_action: "2002-01-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f32bd60-41e2-4a86-8beb-860d19cf4788"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H688&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "be0f21699f57863e041a0339df1514f2c4acbeb74b9838777d72786f218a4b97"
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 688 (2001) — Tax Revenue for Turfgrass Research/Mental Health.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H688v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H688v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H688v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H688v4.pdf)
5. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H688v5.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H688v6.pdf)
7. **SL 2001-514** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H688v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **82–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Warwick — primary (person)
- Weatherly — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Barbee — cosponsor (person)
- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Bowie — cosponsor (person)
- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
- Church — cosponsor (person)
- Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Creech — cosponsor (person)
- Culp — cosponsor (person)
- Culpepper — cosponsor (person)
- Decker — cosponsor (person)
- Dedmon — cosponsor (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Fitch — cosponsor (person)
- Fox — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Haire — cosponsor (person)
- Hiatt — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Holliman — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kiser — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McCombs — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- McMahan — cosponsor (person)
- Miner — cosponsor (person)
- Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Oldham — cosponsor (person)
- Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Rayfield — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Saunders — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Teague — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Walend — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, G. — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)
- Yongue — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-01-04** Ch. SL 2001-514 `became-law`
- **2002-01-04** Signed By Gov. 1/4/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2001-12-07** Pres. To Gov. 12/7/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-12-06** Ratified
- **2001-12-06** Conf Report Adopted
- **2001-12-06** Placed On Cal For 12/6/2001
- **2001-12-06** Conf Com Reported
- **2001-12-06** Conf Report Adopted
- **2001-12-06** Placed On Cal For 12/6/2001
- **2001-12-06** Conf Com Reported
- **2001-11-19** Conf Com Appointed
- **2001-11-16** Conf Com Appointed
- **2001-11-16** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2001-11-15** Placed On Cal For 11/16/2001
- **2001-11-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-11-15** Reptd Unfav For Conc `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2001-10-08** Ref To Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2001-10-08** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-10-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-10-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-10-03** Placed On Cal For 10/3/2001
- **2001-10-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-10-02** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2001-10-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-10-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-09-21** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-09-21** Rec From House
- **2001-09-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-09-20** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-09-19** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-17** Postponed To 9/19/2001
- **2001-09-13** Placed On Cal For 9/17/2001
- **2001-09-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-09-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-05-02** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-21** Re-ref Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-21** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-03-19** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f32bd60-41e2-4a86-8beb-860d19cf4788`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).