---
type: "Bill"
title: "NC Farmland Preservation Trust Fund."
description: "NC Farmland Preservation Trust Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 684"
citation: "North Carolina HB 684 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "COMMITTEES", "CONSERVATION", "FISCAL NOTES", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "FARMLAND PRESERVATION FUND", "CHAPTERED", "REP. HARRISON", "FARMLAND PRESERVATION FUND COMM."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harrison"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-18"
last_action: "2009-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0604ad6c-9e13-4163-bd3f-5c8fdea3f787"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H684&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a577af3f46a3625714660177aad22943cff0f781c1937462dd72e6cf865c2324"
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 684 (2009) — NC Farmland Preservation Trust Fund.

## 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H684v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H684v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H684v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H684v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-303** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H684v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harrison — primary (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- R. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-17** Ch. SL 2009-303 `became-law`
- **2009-07-17** Signed By Gov. 7/17/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-10** Pres. To Gov. 7/10/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-09** Ratified
- **2009-07-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2009
- **2009-07-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-19** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-13** Placed On Cal For 5/14/2009
- **2009-05-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-13** Assigned To Appropriations Subcommittee on Natural and Economic Resources `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-13** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2009
- **2009-05-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-04-01** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-19** Ref to the Com on Agriculture, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0604ad6c-9e13-4163-bd3f-5c8fdea3f787`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).