---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limit Liability at Agricultural Fairs.-AB"
description: "Limit Liability at Agricultural Fairs.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 590"
citation: "North Carolina HB 590 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "ANIMALS", "COMMERCE", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "EXHIBITIONS", "LIVESTOCK & POULTRY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REP. HILL", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED", "AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-12"
last_action: "2007-07-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1493d81b-a35f-4c4c-a7bb-dbddbb452a11"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H590&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "93875b3a8024f02a96f2a61eec385e1922cc955a2f6d670a3dd73dc30a58f1ec"
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 590 (2007) — Limit Liability at Agricultural Fairs.-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/H590v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H590v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H590v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H590v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-171** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H590v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-04** Ch. SL 2007-171 `became-law`
- **2007-07-04** Signed By Gov. 7/4/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-26** Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-26** Ratified
- **2007-06-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-18** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I (Civil) `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-18** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2007-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-11** Ref To Com On Judiciary I (Civil) `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** Rec From House
- **2007-04-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-05** Placed On Cal For 4/10/2007
- **2007-04-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-04-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-26** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-13** Ref to the Com on Agriculture and, if favorable, to the Com on Judiciary III `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/1493d81b-a35f-4c4c-a7bb-dbddbb452a11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).