---
type: "Bill"
title: "NC Agriculture and Forestry Act."
description: "NC Agriculture and Forestry Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 614"
citation: "North Carolina HB 614 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURAL LOCATION", "AGRICULTURE", "COURT COSTS & FEES", "COURTS", "ENVIRONMENT", "FEES", "FORESTRY", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Presnell", "Ramsey"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-09"
last_action: "2013-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dec0ec7a-fcef-4072-935e-0fd89c21b134"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H614&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "170e67b3b61adb243a5d66fd2e9c7849deeaaf6e9f31298f391910da3462c0e7"
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 614 (2013) — NC Agriculture and Forestry Act.

## 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H614v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H614v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H614v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H614v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H614v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H614v5.pdf)
7. **SL2013-314** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H614v6.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adopted — **103–2** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Presnell — primary (person)
- Ramsey — primary (person)
- B. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Brandon — cosponsor (person)
- Brody — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Murry — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Tine — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-18** Ch. SL 2013-314 `became-law`
- **2013-07-18** Signed by Gov. 7/18/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-17** Ratified
- **2013-07-17** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-17** Conf Report Adopted
- **2013-07-17** Conf Report Adopted
- **2013-07-16** Placed On Cal For 07/17/2013
- **2013-07-16** Conf Com Reported
- **2013-07-16** Placed On Cal For 07/17/2013
- **2013-07-16** Conf Com Reported
- **2013-07-10** Conferees Changed
- **2013-07-03** Conf Com Appointed
- **2013-06-20** Conferees Changed
- **2013-06-20** Conf Com Appointed
- **2013-06-20** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2013-06-20** Added to Calendar
- **2013-06-19** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-06-18** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-06-18** Rec From Senate
- **2013-06-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-13** Placed On Cal For 06/17/2013
- **2013-06-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-06-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-16** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Rec From House
- **2013-05-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-15** Placed On Cal For 05/15/2013
- **2013-05-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-15** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-07** Re-ref Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-10** Ref to the Com on Agriculture, if favorable, Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dec0ec7a-fcef-4072-935e-0fd89c21b134`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).