---
type: "Bill"
title: "Voluntary Agriculture Districts."
description: "Voluntary Agriculture Districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 406"
citation: "North Carolina HB 406 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "CONSERVATION", "ENVIRONMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "REP. HILL", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MOBLEY", "REP. JORDAN", "AGRICULTURAL LAND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill", "Jordan", "Randleman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-17"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8c1f427-0a2d-48bc-bac9-b62c2ed481a3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H406&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "04b10a29e0c26ac95bafda91bc9349db729760cdeb3fa9c04376947f17350e42"
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 406 (2011) — Voluntary Agriculture Districts.

## 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H406v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H406v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H406v2.pdf)
4. **SL2011-219** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H406v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Jordan — primary (person)
- Randleman — primary (person)
- Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Ingle — cosponsor (person)
- L. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Mobley — cosponsor (person)
- Sager — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-219 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/16/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-15** Ratified
- **2011-06-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2011
- **2011-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-16** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-13** Rec From House
- **2011-05-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-05-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-10** Placed On Cal For 5/11/2011
- **2011-05-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-05-10** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-05-10** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-13** Re-ref Com On Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-03-21** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8c1f427-0a2d-48bc-bac9-b62c2ed481a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).