---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tobacco Growers Assessment Act."
description: "Tobacco Growers Assessment Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 816"
citation: "North Carolina HB 816 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING", "AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "COMMUNICATIONS", "CORPORATIONS", "NONPROFIT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "TOBACCO", "CHAPTERED", "NGOS", "CASH CROPS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-10"
last_action: "2013-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab6e2295-1411-4f79-a2a7-6dbff6d46d1f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H816&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e406ef1fe5dd8c5bc6a6f7a7a6faf4aa705f24bc4da784f627c333e3af9723c4"
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 816 (2013) — Tobacco Growers Assessment Act.

## 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/House/PDF/H816v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H816v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H816v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H816v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H816v4.pdf)
6. **SL2013-311** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H816v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Langdon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-18** Ch. SL 2013-311 `became-law`
- **2013-07-18** Signed by Gov. 7/18/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-15** Pres. To Gov. 7/12/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-11** Ratified
- **2013-07-10** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-10** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-09** Placed On Cal For 07/10/2013
- **2013-07-09** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-07-09** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-07-09** Rec From Senate
- **2013-07-09** Withdrawn From Senate Clerk's Office
- **2013-07-03** Held in Senate Clerk's Office
- **2013-07-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-01** Placed On Cal For 07/02/2013
- **2013-07-01** Withdrawn From Senate Clerk's Office
- **2013-06-27** Held in Senate Clerk's Office
- **2013-06-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-25** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-06-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-11** Ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-06-11** Rec From House
- **2013-06-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-07** Postponed To 06/10/2013
- **2013-06-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-05** Placed On Cal For 06/06/2013
- **2013-06-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-06-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-15** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-05-14** Placed On Cal For 05/15/2013
- **2013-05-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-11** Ref To Com On Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab6e2295-1411-4f79-a2a7-6dbff6d46d1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).