---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fertilizer Packaging Nutrient Guarantees."
description: "Fertilizer Packaging Nutrient Guarantees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 731"
citation: "North Carolina SB 731 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "BOARDS", "FERTILIZERS", "FORESTRY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALES", "SEN. ALBERTSON", "AGRICULTURE BOARD", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-02"
last_action: "2003-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80ed22b1-b5d5-4444-96f9-71a6e99c1dff"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S731&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "01f5f3462058723e62ee6e3a2c01019ac36fba426891819d298814e9f5cc86cc"
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 731 (2003) — Fertilizer Packaging Nutrient Guarantees.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S731v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S731v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S731v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2003-71** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S731v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-05-23** Ch. SL 2003-71 `became-law`
- **2003-05-23** Signed By Gov. 5/20/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-05-14** Pres. To Gov. 5/14/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-13** Ratified
- **2003-05-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-08** Placed On Cal For 5/12/2003
- **2003-05-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-17** Ref To Com On Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-17** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-14** Placed On Cal For 4/15/2003
- **2003-04-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-04-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-03** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80ed22b1-b5d5-4444-96f9-71a6e99c1dff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).