---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wentworth Agri. Zoning."
description: "Wentworth Agri. Zoning."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 440"
citation: "North Carolina HB 440 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "CHARTERS", "COMMERCE", "COUNTIES", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "INDUSTRIAL LOCATION", "LANDOWNERS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "SESSION LAWS", "SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES", "TITLE CHANGE", "VOCATIONAL EDUCATION", "REP. SEXTON", "ROCKINGHAM COUNTY", "JOHNSTON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "WENTWORTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-12"
last_action: "2003-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c70aa58-cc86-46de-bd89-26e4bce1790c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H440&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "42f018f6a517e1a1dfecce7f2bdf46b7552f66f69eca2b1f2cb6dd4f132e6cb5"
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 440 (2003) — Wentworth Agri. Zoning.

## 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/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H440v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H440v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H440v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H440v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H440v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-330** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H440v5.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **106–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sexton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-20** Ch. SL 2003-330 `became-law`
- **2003-07-19** Ratified
- **2003-07-19** Conf Report Adopted
- **2003-07-19** Conf Report Adopted
- **2003-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2003
- **2003-07-18** Conf Com Reported
- **2003-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2003
- **2003-07-18** Conf Com Reported
- **2003-07-18** Conf Com Appointed
- **2003-07-17** Conf Com Appointed
- **2003-07-17** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2003-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2003
- **2003-07-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-16** Reptd Unfav For Conc `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2003-06-16** Com Sub Ruled Material
- **2003-06-16** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-16** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-06-11** Engrossed
- **2003-06-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-11** Amend Adopted # 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-10** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/10/2003
- **2003-06-09** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-06-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-07** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-07** Rec From House
- **2003-04-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-02** Placed On Cal For 4/3/2003
- **2003-04-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-13** Ref To Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c70aa58-cc86-46de-bd89-26e4bce1790c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).