---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prevent Agricultural Pesticide Exposure."
description: "Prevent Agricultural Pesticide Exposure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 847"
citation: "North Carolina SB 847 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "ANIMALS", "BOARDS", "COMMERCE", "COMMERCE DEPT.", "DISABLED PERSONS", "EMPLOYMENT", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HUNTING & FISHING", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "MOTOR VEHICLE", "LAKES & RIVERS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PERSONNEL", "PESTICIDES & HERBICIDES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RADIOACTIVE WASTE", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "SAFETY", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "WATER RESOURCES", "WORK SAFETY", "SEN. ALBERTSON", "RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS", "CHAPTERED", "PESTICIDE BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-15"
last_action: "2008-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfe880be-667a-42aa-9030-c3871bf245d8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S847&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "57e891380bfc4a6ed5ea9d1de9e7a18035280ce85721c2d5de03079d3582fcc6"
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 847 (2007) — Prevent Agricultural Pesticide Exposure.

## 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/S847v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S847v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S847v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S847v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S847v4.pdf)
6. **SL2008-212** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S847v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-08-11** Ch. SL 2008-212 `became-law`
- **2008-08-11** Signed By Gov. 8/11/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-10** Pres. To Gov. 7/10/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-10** Ratified
- **2008-07-09** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2008
- **2008-07-08** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2008-07-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/3/2008
- **2008-07-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-16** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-05-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-19** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bfe880be-667a-42aa-9030-c3871bf245d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).