---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exp. of Natural Gas & Propane for Agriculture."
description: "Exp. of Natural Gas & Propane for Agriculture."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 379"
citation: "North Carolina SB 379 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "ANIMALS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LIVESTOCK & POULTRY", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRUCKS", "AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-20"
last_action: "2013-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5385f6a-8871-4b78-a8ae-baf88dd9e18a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S379&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "029b13ae7461dc4739f757ef9b7245f96ad02355a75f063feb390a0787668ee7"
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 379 (2013) — Exp. of Natural Gas & Propane for Agriculture.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S379v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S379v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S379v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S379v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S379v4.pdf)
6. **SL2013-367** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S379v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **96–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Walters — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-29** Ch. SL 2013-367 `became-law`
- **2013-07-29** Signed by Gov. 7/29/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-23** Pres. To Gov. 07/23/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-22** Ratified
- **2013-07-19** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-19** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-18** Placed On Cal For 07/19/2013
- **2013-07-18** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-07-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-17** Added to Calendar
- **2013-07-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-07-17** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-20** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-07** Re-ref Com On Public Utilities and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-06-07** Serial Referral To Transportation Stricken
- **2013-04-09** Ref to the Com on Agriculture, if favorable, Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-08** Rec From Senate
- **2013-04-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5385f6a-8871-4b78-a8ae-baf88dd9e18a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).