---
type: "Bill"
title: "Poultry Products Inspection Act Penalties.-AB"
description: "Poultry Products Inspection Act Penalties.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 589"
citation: "North Carolina HB 589 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURAL INSPECTION", "AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "ANIMALS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "INSPECTIONS", "LIVESTOCK & POULTRY", "PRESENTED", "PRODUCE", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REP. HILL", "CHAPTERED", "AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-12"
last_action: "2007-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72b68522-db1f-49e9-9e11-481f601c3d40"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H589&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "69f911eb61302df1a21af747f8992f2329ee17a68224fe2173aab0b58c109094"
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 589 (2007) — Poultry Products Inspection Act Penalties.-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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H589v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H589v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H589v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H589v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-361** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H589v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hill — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-17** Ch. SL 2007-361 `became-law`
- **2007-08-17** Signed By Gov. 8/17/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-23** Pres. To Gov. 7/23/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-23** Ratified
- **2007-07-19** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2007
- **2007-07-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-18** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-07-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2007
- **2007-07-16** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2007-06-19** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-06-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-10** Ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** Rec From House
- **2007-04-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-04-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-04-04** Placed On Cal For 4/5/2007
- **2007-04-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-04-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-13** Ref To Com On Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72b68522-db1f-49e9-9e11-481f601c3d40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).