---
type: "Bill"
title: "Overgrown Vegetation Ordinance."
description: "Overgrown Vegetation Ordinance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1653"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1653 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "NOTIFICATION", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "YADKIN COUNTY", "EDGECOMBE COUNTY", "MOUNT AIRY", "SURRY COUNTY", "FRANKLIN COUNTY", "LOUISBURG", "PLANTS & TREES", "SMITHFIELD", "CHAPTERED", "YADKINVILLE", "SEN. EAST", "FRANKLINTON", "PINETOPS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-19"
last_action: "2008-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f746c7a-1e62-4fbd-adc2-ed3b190d2588"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1653&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8a020579dbda67096e6dc68274d85008e45df474b4d9d5477d76b83b5ea32cae"
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 1653 (2007) — Overgrown Vegetation Ordinance.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1653v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1653v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1653v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1653v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1653v4.pdf)
6. **SL2008-6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1653v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Amendment 2 — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading\After Reconsid\eration — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- East — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-06-23** Ch. SL 2008-6 `became-law`
- **2008-06-23** Ratified
- **2008-06-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-18** Placed On Cal For 6/19/2008
- **2008-06-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-10** Ref To Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-06-05** Engrossed
- **2008-06-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-05** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-05** Amend Recon #1
- **2008-06-05** Recon 3rd & 2nd Readings
- **2008-06-05** Engrossed
- **2008-06-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-05** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-06-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-20** Ref To Com On State & Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f746c7a-1e62-4fbd-adc2-ed3b190d2588`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).