---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lmt Liability/Landowner of Watershed Properties."
description: "Lmt Liability/Landowner of Watershed Properties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 983"
citation: "North Carolina HB 983 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAKES & RIVERS", "LANDOWNERS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "RECREATION & LEISURE", "WATER RESOURCES", "REP. CULP", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-04"
last_action: "2001-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6847403c-474b-4326-907f-2b8c8db527d4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H983&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ad60599cf60602834858d2db886444a4a89e656f67f8c28dfc6ad2590c207c63"
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 983 (2001) — Lmt Liability/Landowner of Watershed Properties.

## 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/H983v1.pdf)
2. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H983v2.pdf)
3. **SL 2001-272** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H983v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **109–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brubaker — cosponsor (person)
- Culp — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Teague — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)
- Warwick — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, G. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-06** Ch. SL 2001-272 `became-law`
- **2001-07-06** Signed By Gov. 7/6/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-06-28** Ratified
- **2001-06-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-06-27** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2001
- **2001-06-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-05-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-30** Held by Senate
- **2001-04-30** Rec From House
- **2001-04-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-23** Placed On Cal For 4/24/2001
- **2001-04-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-05** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6847403c-474b-4326-907f-2b8c8db527d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).