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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Nutrient Offset Program Transition."
+description: "Nutrient Offset Program Transition."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2007"
+identifier: "HB 859"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 859 (2007)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "WATER RESOURCES", "REP. GIBSON", "SUNSETS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ALLEN"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gibson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2007-03-14"
+last_action: "2007-08-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05ccd906-0269-4d94-af7a-289d97f9c509"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H859&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "887a86ad7614a36759f9ea845ba9c8ab42137507fafcfbd6bc3daef3767eb311"
+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 859 (2007) — Nutrient Offset Program Transition.
+
+## 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H859v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H859v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H859v2.pdf)
+4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H859v3.pdf)
+5. **SL2007-438** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H859v4.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- R2 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **101–15** (pass) · lower
+- R3 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **101–13** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gibson — primary (person)
+- Allen — cosponsor (person)
+- Pate — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2007-08-23** Ch. SL 2007-438 `became-law`
+- **2007-08-23** Signed By Gov. 8/23/2007 `executive-signature`
+- **2007-08-01** Pres. To Gov. 8/1/2007 `executive-receipt`
+- **2007-08-01** Ratified
+- **2007-07-31** Concurred On 3rd Reading
+- **2007-07-30** Concurred On 2nd Reading
+- **2007-07-28** Placed On Cal For 7/30/2007
+- **2007-07-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2007-07-28** Com Sub Ruled Material
+- **2007-07-28** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
+- **2007-07-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2007-07-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2007-07-26** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2007-07-26** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2007-07-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2007-05-16** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2007-05-16** Rec From House
+- **2007-05-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2007-05-14** Placed On Cal For 5/15/2007
+- **2007-05-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2007-05-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2007-03-15** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2007-03-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2007-03-14** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05ccd906-0269-4d94-af7a-289d97f9c509`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+