---
type: "Bill"
title: "Steve Troxler Agricultural Sciences Center."
description: "Steve Troxler Agricultural Sciences Center."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 137"
citation: "North Carolina HB 137 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "AGRISCIENCE", "BUILDINGS", "CHAPTERED", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "COUNTIES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PROPERTY-STATE GOVERNMENT", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC BUILDINGS", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RALEIGH", "RATIFIED", "STATE BUILDINGS", "STEM", "WAKE COUNTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Brisson", "Dixon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88f7caed-59f6-491a-ad9e-208bcb653abb"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H137"
source_hash: "4b4c368239f695074dacecb152da399fb4e639e68273461236f9eaa17c22183a"
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 137 (2021) — Steve Troxler Agricultural Sciences Center.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H137v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H137v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H137v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H137v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2021-11** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H137v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **120–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Brisson — primary (person)
- Dixon — primary (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Elmore — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Greene — cosponsor (person)
- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- K. Baker — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- McElraft — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Mills — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Penny — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Pless — cosponsor (person)
- Potts — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Sasser — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Watford — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Winslow — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-21** Ch. SL 2021-11 `became-law`
- **2021-04-21** Signed by Gov. 4/21/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-15** Pres. To Gov. 4/15/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-15** Ratified
- **2021-04-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-04-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Special Message Received From House
- **2021-03-03** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-03-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** Added to Calendar
- **2021-03-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-03-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Added
- **2021-03-02** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
- **2021-02-24** Ref to the Com on Agriculture, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88f7caed-59f6-491a-ad9e-208bcb653abb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).