---
type: "Bill"
title: "North Carolina Farm Act of 2021."
description: "North Carolina Farm Act of 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 605"
citation: "North Carolina SB 605 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURAL LAND", "AGRICULTURAL LOCATION", "AGRICULTURAL WASTE", "AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE BOARD", "AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "ALIENS", "ANIMALS", "AUDITING & AUDITS", "BOARDS", "BUILDINGS", "CHAPTERED", "CONSERVATION", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "ENVIRONMENT", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "FOREST PRODUCTS", "FOREST SERVICE", "FORESTRY", "ID SYSTEMS", "IMMIGRATION", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LIVESTOCK & POULTRY", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL ORDINANCES", "MAGISTRATES", "MIGRANT WORKERS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "NOTIFICATION", "PERSONNEL", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PROPERTY-STATE GOVERNMENT", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC BUILDINGS", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "RURAL DEVELOPMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE BUILDINGS", "THEFT", "TIMBER", "WASTE MANAGEMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Jackson", "Sanderson"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-06"
last_action: "2021-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/711fd6e3-9a2c-4a29-a4fd-df1cc314d241"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S605"
source_hash: "fc1a55af5933e9181e944b1cf90efa418b98fd0572cd74be015e86040c9aa84c"
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 605 (2021) — North Carolina Farm Act of 2021.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S605v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATQ-32-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/51553/0/S605-ATQ-32-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S605v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S605v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S605v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S605v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S605v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S605v6.pdf)
9. **SL 2021-78** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S605v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **35–11** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **75–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Jackson — primary (person)
- Sanderson — primary (person)
- Ballard — cosponsor (person)
- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Britt — cosponsor (person)
- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
- Craven — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Fitch — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Galey — cosponsor (person)
- Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
- Lazzara — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)
- Woodard — cosponsor (person)
- deViere — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-02** Ch. SL 2021-78 `became-law`
- **2021-07-02** Signed by Gov. 7/2/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Pres. To Gov. 7/1/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-30** Ratified
- **2021-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-06-29** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-25** Placed On Cal For 06/29/2021
- **2021-06-25** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2021-06-24** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-06-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-24** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-06-24** Added to Calendar
- **2021-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-23** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-08** Re-ref to the Com on Agriculture, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-13** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-05-12** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-05-11** Engrossed
- **2021-05-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-10** Placed On Cal For 05/11/2021
- **2021-05-10** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2021-05-06** Placed On Cal For 05/10/2021
- **2021-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-05** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-05-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-05-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Re-ref to Agriculture, Energy, and Environment. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-07** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/711fd6e3-9a2c-4a29-a4fd-df1cc314d241`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).