---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase Fees/Landscape Contractors."
description: "Increase Fees/Landscape Contractors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 649"
citation: "North Carolina HB 649 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CONSTRUCTION", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "LANDSCAPING", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. GIBSON", "LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS BOARD", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-14"
last_action: "2007-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ef7c21a-f212-47e5-a7b8-a519ff67cc74"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H649&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c47727a74a2237e754ad3ac56e983f0c23944f59e84bbf5bcb18d8265f88f3be"
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 649 (2007) — Increase Fees/Landscape Contractors.

## 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/H649v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H649v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H649v2.pdf)
4. **SL2007-426** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H649v3.pdf)

## Votes

- R3 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur\Sen. Amd. 1 — **90–21** (pass) · lower
- R2 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur\Sen. Amd. 1 — **98–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gibson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-23** Ch. SL 2007-426 `became-law`
- **2007-08-23** Signed By Gov. 8/23/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/2/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-02** Ratified
- **2007-08-01** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2007-07-31** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2007-07-31** Reconsidered Concurrence
- **2007-07-24** Fail Concur In S Amend 1
- **2007-07-23** Placed On Cal For 7/24/2007
- **2007-07-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-23** Amends Ruled Material
- **2007-07-23** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2007-07-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-07-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-07-19** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2007
- **2007-07-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2007-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/24/2007
- **2007-07-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2007-07-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-29** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** Rec From House
- **2007-03-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-03-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-26** Placed On Cal For 3/27/2007
- **2007-03-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-03-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-15** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ef7c21a-f212-47e5-a7b8-a519ff67cc74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).