---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Forest Development Act.-AB"
description: "Amend Forest Development Act.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 698"
citation: "North Carolina HB 698 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENT", "FORESTRY", "LANDOWNERS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "REP. CULPEPPER", "REP. OWENS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Owens"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-16"
last_action: "2005-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/814d4f96-e528-4194-bd61-3bb5f405c86e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H698&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "eaef5748289b2d404dd7fd5dae03b059b3604fdd8c7f491c0806ed420a231ea2"
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 698 (2005) — Amend Forest Development Act.-AB

## 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H698v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H698v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H698v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H698v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-126** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H698v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Owens — primary (person)
- Culpepper — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-06-29** Ch. SL 2005-126 `became-law`
- **2005-06-29** Signed By Gov. 6/29/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/24/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-23** Ratified
- **2005-06-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-12** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-12** Rec From House
- **2005-05-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-10** Placed On Cal For 5/11/2005
- **2005-05-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-17** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/814d4f96-e528-4194-bd61-3bb5f405c86e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).