---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Regulation of Forestry."
description: "Clarify Regulation of Forestry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 681"
citation: "North Carolina SB 681 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "COUNTIES", "ENVIRONMENT", "FEES", "FORESTRY", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. HOYLE", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. APODACA"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-17"
last_action: "2005-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb5d038f-44db-4087-998a-8f51a0ece5d7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S681&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "440dadc1e8e6a7181972b5ca7727933e3a2294fcf5f454aed158fd7619a791ff"
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 681 (2005) — Clarify Regulation of Forestry.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S681v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S681v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S681v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S681v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S681v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S681v5.pdf)
7. **SL2005-447** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S681v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **99–16** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **36–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-29** Ch. SL 2005-447 `became-law`
- **2005-09-29** Signed By Gov. 9/29/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-24** Pres. To Gov. 8/24/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-23** Ratified
- **2005-08-23** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-22** Placed On Cal For 8/23/2005
- **2005-08-22** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2005-08-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-22** Amend Failed #1 `amendment-failure`
- **2005-08-15** Placed On Cal For 8/16/2005
- **2005-08-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-23** Re-ref Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-23** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-05-19** Ref To Com On Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-19** Rec From Senate
- **2005-05-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-05-17** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-05-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-21** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb5d038f-44db-4087-998a-8f51a0ece5d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).