---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Environmental Laws 2002."
description: "Amend Environmental Laws 2002."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1537"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1537 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURAL WASTE", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMN.", "GRANTS", "INSPECTIONS", "MEMBERSHIP", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "REPORTS", "SESSION LAWS", "SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION COMN.", "STATE INFRASTRUCTURE COUNCIL", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRIBAL GOVERNMENT", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "WATER RESOURCES", "REP. GIBSON", "REP. HILL", "REP. WARWICK", "CLEAN WATER TRUST FUND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-06-05"
last_action: "2002-10-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f2d2528-5d79-4aa1-a197-328763f1f82f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1537&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8f9955a860b843b5881d5a4c60ddeaeefb03c49e806c39eabc84073f656891d0"
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 1537 (2001) — Amend Environmental Laws 2002.

## 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/H1537v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1537v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1537v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2002-176** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1537v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **101–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Warwick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-10-31** Ch. SL 2002-176 `became-law`
- **2002-10-31** Signed By Gov. 10/31/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2002-10-03** Pres. To Gov. 10/3/2002 `executive-receipt`
- **2002-10-02** Ratified
- **2002-10-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-10-01** Placed On Cal For 10/1/2002
- **2002-10-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-09-26** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2002-09-26** Rec From House
- **2002-09-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-09-25** Placed On Cal For 9/26/2002
- **2002-09-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-09-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-06-06** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f2d2528-5d79-4aa1-a197-328763f1f82f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).