---
type: "Bill"
title: "Neuse River Water Quality Reclassification."
description: "Neuse River Water Quality Reclassification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 612"
citation: "North Carolina HB 612 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "LAKES & RIVERS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RULES OBJECTION FILED", "TITLE CHANGE", "WATER RESOURCES", "REP. POPE", "WAKE COUNTY", "WAKE FOREST", "NEUSE RIVER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-13"
last_action: "2001-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fab416e-c6b5-4ab1-930d-403949af042c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H612&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1859e84f13002a577a2c53caae1a5610d7813c6d6c8e3f0ec34da7ad2803954a"
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 612 (2001) — Neuse River Water Quality Reclassification.

## 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/H612v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H612v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H612v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-361** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H612v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Capps — cosponsor (person)
- Pope — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-10** Ch. SL 2001-361 `became-law`
- **2001-08-10** Signed By Gov. 8/10/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-03** Pres. To Gov. 8/3/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-02** Ratified
- **2001-08-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-07-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-07-23** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-23** Rec From House
- **2001-07-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2001
- **2001-07-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-14** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `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/7fab416e-c6b5-4ab1-930d-403949af042c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).