---
type: "Bill"
title: "Well Construction Standards/Rule Making."
description: "Well Construction Standards/Rule Making."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 609"
citation: "North Carolina HB 609 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "BUILDING CODES", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RULES OBJECTION FILED", "TITLE CHANGE", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "REP. WALEND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-13"
last_action: "2001-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74358407-2b89-4e5f-b4ee-cf753e9510f2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H609&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9256cc6bd5a2afbd56b231f6e6384a00b52f8ac3511b8ff4b1cc7ad8d9470a79"
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 609 (2001) — Well Construction Standards/Rule Making.

## 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/H609v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H609v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H609v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-113** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H609v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harrington — cosponsor (person)
- Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Sexton — cosponsor (person)
- Walend — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-24** Ch. SL 2001-113 `became-law`
- **2001-05-24** Signed By Gov. 5/24/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-05-15** Pres. To Gov. 5/15/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-05-14** Ratified
- **2001-05-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-05-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-05-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-05-01** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-30** Held by Senate
- **2001-04-30** Rec From House
- **2001-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-04-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-04-23** Placed On Cal For 4/24/2001
- **2001-04-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-10** Re-ref Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-10** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-03-14** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74358407-2b89-4e5f-b4ee-cf753e9510f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).