---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Irrigation Contractors Licensing Laws."
description: "Amend Irrigation Contractors Licensing Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 71"
citation: "North Carolina SB 71 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "FEES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "PARTNERSHIPS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "IRRIGATION CONTRACTORS BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-07"
last_action: "2013-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4e726dd-42a9-454c-95b9-780a878ca2a2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S71&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a9241cae22d0f06e61451017f9cba78f655a62234fc767b460481375901a0f20"
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 71 (2013) — Amend Irrigation Contractors Licensing Laws.

## 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/S71v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S71v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S71v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S71v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S71v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S71v5.pdf)
7. **SL2013-383** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S71v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **94–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-08-23** Ch. SL 2013-383 `became-law`
- **2013-08-23** Signed by Gov. 8/23/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-26** Pres. To Gov. 07/29/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-26** Ratified
- **2013-07-25** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-25** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-25** Placed on Today's Supplemental Calendar
- **2013-07-25** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-07-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-24** Placed On Cal For 07/25/2013
- **2013-07-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-07-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-19** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-22** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-27** Ref to the Com on Commerce and Job Development, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-26** Rec From Senate
- **2013-03-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-03-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-03-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-26** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-02-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-11** Ref to Commerce. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4e726dd-42a9-454c-95b9-780a878ca2a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).