---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increased Penalty/Seed Law Violations.-AB"
description: "Increased Penalty/Seed Law Violations.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 455"
citation: "North Carolina SB 455 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "CRIMES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Rabin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-26"
last_action: "2013-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/305cd143-b2c9-490b-8da5-ebeb1650d89c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S455&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e7c97d2dea2c2235e73b18c030e39f799dedf32f69d05ed002d02d3318fb3cf5"
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 455 (2013) — Increased Penalty/Seed Law Violations.-AB

## 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/S455v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARI-80-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/6826/0/S455-ARI-80-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S455v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S455v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S455v3.pdf)
6. **SL2013-345** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S455v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **109–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)
- Rabin — primary (person)
- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-23** Ch. SL 2013-345 `became-law`
- **2013-07-23** Signed by Gov. 7/23/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-18** Pres. To Gov. 07/18/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-17** Ratified
- **2013-07-16** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-16** Concurred In H Amend S455v2 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-15** Placed On Cal For 07/16/2013
- **2013-07-15** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2013-07-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-11** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-10** Placed On Cal For 07/11/2013
- **2013-07-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-07-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-07-09** Re-ref Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-29** Ref to the Com on Agriculture, if favorable, Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Rec From Senate
- **2013-04-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-09** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-04-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-27** Ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/305cd143-b2c9-490b-8da5-ebeb1650d89c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).