---
type: "Bill"
title: "Airports Exempt From Local Tree Ordinances."
description: "Airports Exempt From Local Tree Ordinances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 646"
citation: "North Carolina HB 646 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIRPORTS", "AUTHORITIES", "AVIATION", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION", "PLANTS & TREES", "CHAPTERED", "LOCAL ORDINANCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Catlin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-09"
last_action: "2013-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83d5c37f-af9b-4f0b-bfed-29ec3c5437ff"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H646&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b9eb43d58b4e576b4b70f1f00d9844aad00a5e85a6f56f124d8c057371f996c4"
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 646 (2013) — Airports Exempt From Local Tree Ordinances.

## 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/H646v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H646v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H646v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H646v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-331** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H646v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Catlin — primary (person)
- B. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Ramsey — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- S. Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-23** Ch. SL 2013-331 `became-law`
- **2013-07-23** Signed by Gov. 7/23/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-18** Ratified
- **2013-07-17** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-24** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-24** Rec From House
- **2013-04-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-22** Placed On Cal For 04/23/2013
- **2013-04-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-10** Ref To Com On Government `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/83d5c37f-af9b-4f0b-bfed-29ec3c5437ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).