---
type: "Bill"
title: "Stream Identification for Buffer Rules."
description: "Stream Identification for Buffer Rules."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1257"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1257 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BLANK BILL", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "FORESTRY", "LAKES & RIVERS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TIMBER", "TITLE CHANGE", "WATER RESOURCES", "REP. UNDERHILL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-11"
last_action: "2001-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56f4094b-860e-4e08-8f9f-29237cac8cab"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1257&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5b6f79948828ecec32d21100b320c070dbbeb4179e63877b7bbd6ef945d0eba0"
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 1257 (2001) — Stream Identification for Buffer Rules.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1257v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1257v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1257v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1257v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-404** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1257v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–5** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Underhill — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-09-06** Ch. SL 2001-404 `became-law`
- **2001-09-06** Signed By Gov. 9/6/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-30** Pres. To Gov. 8/30/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-29** Ratified
- **2001-08-29** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-28** Placed On Cal For 8/29/2001
- **2001-08-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-08-22** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-08-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-08-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-08-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-08-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-25** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** Rec From House
- **2001-04-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-24** Placed On Cal For 4/25/2001
- **2001-04-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-18** Re-ref Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-04-12** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56f4094b-860e-4e08-8f9f-29237cac8cab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).