republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2025/sb-401.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "NC Farm Act of 2025-2026."
description: "NC Farm Act of 2025-2026."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 401"
citation: "North Carolina SB 401 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE; AGRICULTURE; AGRICULTURE & FORESTRY COMN.; AGRICULTURE DEPT.; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; CHARITABLE DONATIONS; COASTAL RESOURCES; COMMERCE; COMMISSIONS; CONSERVATION; CORPORATIONS", "NONPROFIT; CRIMES; DEFINITIONS; DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS; DMV; ENVIRONMENT; FINES & PENALTIES; FISH & WILDLIFE; FISHERIES; FISHERIES PRODUCTS; FOODS & BEVERAGES; FORESTRY; GENERAL ASSEMBLY; LICENSE PLATES; LICENSES & PERMITS; LIVESTOCK & POULTRY; DAIRY PRODUCTS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PRESENTED; PROPERTY; PUBLIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; RATIFIED; REPORTING; RETAILING; SESSION LAWS; THEFT; TITLE CHANGE; TRANSPORTATION; CHAPTERED; AGRICULTURAL LAND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson", "Lazzara"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-24"
last_action: "2026-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3eabc29f-eb4d-4930-a1c2-dbd51311a641"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S401"
source_hash: "e27289eeed11ccd02acd6b229ec4b1804971fb2a3c4c66f2efa5a3680e6b495a"
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 401 (2025) — NC Farm Act of 2025-2026.

## 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/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S401v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2025/7084/0/S401-A-NBC-16744)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S401v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S401v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S401v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S401v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2026-11** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S401v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- C RPT Adoption — **110–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Lazzara — primary (person)
- Britt — cosponsor (person)
- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
- Craven — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-06-22** Ch. SL 2026-11 `became-law`
- **2026-06-22** Signed by Gov. 6/22/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-12** Pres. To Gov. 6/12/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-11** Ratified
- **2026-06-10** Ordered Enrolled
- **2026-06-10** Conf Report Adopted
- **2026-06-10** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2026-06-10** Withdrawn From Com
- **2026-06-10** Conf Report Adopted
- **2026-06-09** Placed On Cal For 06/10/2026
- **2026-06-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 44(d)
- **2026-06-09** Conf Com Reported
- **2026-06-09** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-09** Conf Com Reported
- **2025-06-30** Conferees Changed
- **2025-06-26** Conf Com Appointed
- **2025-06-26** Conf Com Appointed
- **2025-06-26** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2025-06-26** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2025-06-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-06-26** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-26** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2025-06-26** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2025-06-25** Ordered Engrossed
- **2025-06-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-06-25** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-25** Added to Calendar
- **2025-06-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2025-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-25** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-17** Re-ref to the Com on Agriculture and Environment, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-05-06** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-05-06** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2025-05-06** Special Message Sent To House
- **2025-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-30** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-03-25** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3eabc29f-eb4d-4930-a1c2-dbd51311a641`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).