---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prioritize Native NC Plants on Highway ROW."
description: "Prioritize Native NC Plants on Highway ROW."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 606"
citation: "North Carolina SB 606 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "PLANTS & TREES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Davis", "Rabon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-03"
last_action: "2019-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2d9c332-52d6-4ab4-a951-7339cad65a97"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S606&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "94e8192a31ca311de6393468c2a19e27b482c07e74422cd38fa4f530bad2217b"
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 606 (2019) — Prioritize Native NC Plants on Highway ROW.

## 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/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S606v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S606v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S606v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2019-148** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S606v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Davis — primary (person)
- Rabon — primary (person)
- Ballard — cosponsor (person)
- Britt — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-22** Ch. SL 2019-148 `became-law`
- **2019-07-22** Signed by Gov. 7/22/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-12** Pres. To Gov. 7/12/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-11** Ratified
- **2019-07-10** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-07-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-08** Placed On Cal For 07/09/2019
- **2019-07-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-07-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-17** Re-ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-22** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-18** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2019-04-18** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-04-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2d9c332-52d6-4ab4-a951-7339cad65a97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).