---
type: "Bill"
title: "Franchise Not Req. Smokestacks Landfills."
description: "Franchise Not Req. Smokestacks Landfills."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1205"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1205 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "ELECTRICITY", "ENVIRONMENT", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "HAZARDOUS WASTE", "INDUSTRIAL WASTE", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "REP. GIBSON", "REP. HAIRE", "REP. MCCOMAS", "REP. SHERRILL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gibson", "McComas", "Sherrill"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-09"
last_action: "2003-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9c69ea3-e30f-4231-9b2f-fcea5dad077b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1205&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "74def2dd9e61b8d1cc367519e687993709bcf5efc7c4a1b829bcafc8737c09e2"
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 1205 (2003) — Franchise Not Req. Smokestacks Landfills.

## Version chain

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

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1205v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1205v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1205v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2003-37** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1205v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gibson — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Sherrill — primary (person)
- Brubaker — cosponsor (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
- Haire — cosponsor (person)
- Saunders — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-05-15** Ch. SL 2003-37 `became-law`
- **2003-05-15** Signed By Gov. 5/14/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-05-06** Pres. To Gov. 5/6/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-05** Ratified
- **2003-05-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-23** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-23** Rec From House
- **2003-04-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-16** Placed On Cal For 4/17/2003
- **2003-04-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-10** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9c69ea3-e30f-4231-9b2f-fcea5dad077b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).