---
type: "Bill"
title: "North Carolina Farm Act of 2022."
description: "North Carolina Farm Act of 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 762"
citation: "North Carolina SB 762 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT", "AGRICULTURE", "BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "CASH CROPS", "CHAPTERED", "CONSERVATION", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "ENVIRONMENT", "FORECLOSURES", "HEMP & HEMP PRODUCTS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "TAXATION", "TAXES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Jackson", "Sanderson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-05-23"
last_action: "2022-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/586825b5-33cf-45f5-99ba-5393a2c0b0a8"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S762"
source_hash: "ca0dd7e69c7f3c6d1589750070258d090650a1d3e31518066e134bbdebab723a"
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 762 (2021) — North Carolina Farm Act of 2022.

## 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/S762v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S762v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S762v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S762v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S762v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S762v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2022-55** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S762v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **99–13** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Jackson — primary (person)
- Sanderson — primary (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
- Woodard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-07-08** Ch. SL 2022-55 `became-law`
- **2022-07-08** Signed by Gov. 7/8/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** Ratified
- **2022-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2022-06-29** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-28** Placed On Cal For 06/29/2022
- **2022-06-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2022-06-28** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2022-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-06-28** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-06-28** Amend Tabled A1
- **2022-06-28** Added to Calendar
- **2022-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2022-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-28** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-28** Withdrawn From Com
- **2022-06-22** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-20** Re-ref to the Com on Agriculture, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2022-06-06** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-06-02** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2022-06-01** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2022-05-31** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-05-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-25** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2022-05-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-25** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-24** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2022-05-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-24** Re-ref to Agriculture, Energy, and Environment. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2022-05-24** Ref to Agriculture, Energy, and Environment. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-05-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/586825b5-33cf-45f5-99ba-5393a2c0b0a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).