---
type: "Bill"
title: "NC Farm Act of 2013."
description: "NC Farm Act of 2013."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 638"
citation: "North Carolina SB 638 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "ALARM SYSTEMS", "ANIMALS", "BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "COMMITTEES", "COMPACTS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "COUNTIES", "DAMS", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "FORESTRY", "FUELS", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "HORTICULTURE", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INTERSTATE COOPERATION", "LAKES & RIVERS", "LANDOWNERS", "DAIRY PRODUCTS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PESTS", "PESTICIDES & HERBICIDES", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RECREATION & LEISURE", "SAFETY", "SAFETY EQUIPMENT", "SANITATION", "STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL COMM.", "SURVEYS", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "WATER RESOURCES", "NEW HANOVER COUNTY", "RECORDS", "LIABILITY", "WILMINGTON", "CAPE FEAR RIVER", "CHAPTERED", "AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER", "NURSERIES", "HORSES & MULES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Jackson"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-02"
last_action: "2013-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ab9cc1c-ee6f-4ab5-a907-573644373501"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S638&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "feaa0c77a61352b4053c59d7281f56973ca518e28890bc41f13f4c606fe47717"
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 638 (2013) — NC Farm Act of 2013.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S638v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATQ-33-V-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/6470/0/S638-ATQ-33-V-5)
3. **A2: ATQ-35-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/6473/0/S638-ATQ-35-V-1)
4. **A3: ATQ-36-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/6472/0/S638-ATQ-36-V-2)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S638v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S638v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S638v3.pdf)
8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S638v4.pdf)
9. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S638v5.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S638v6.pdf)
11. **SL2013-265** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S638v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **41–3** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **109–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Jackson — primary (person)
- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)
- Barringer — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- McLaurin — cosponsor (person)
- Meredith — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
- Walters — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-17** Ch. SL 2013-265 `became-law`
- **2013-07-17** Signed by Gov. 7/17/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-10** Pres. To Gov. 07/10/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-09** Ratified
- **2013-07-02** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-02** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-01** Placed On Cal For 07/02/2013
- **2013-07-01** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-06-27** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-27** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-27** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-27** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2013
- **2013-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-24** Re-ref Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-19** Ref to the Com on Agriculture, if favorable, Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-19** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-06-18** Re-ref Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-05-14** Ref to the Com on Agriculture, if favorable, Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-13** Rec From Senate
- **2013-05-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-05-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-03** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ab9cc1c-ee6f-4ab5-a907-573644373501`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).