---
type: "Bill"
title: "Underground Storage Tank Prgm. Amends."
description: "Underground Storage Tank Prgm. Amends."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 897"
citation: "North Carolina HB 897 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "COMMISSIONS", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "FUELS", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STORAGE SYSTEMS", "STORAGE TANKS", "TESTING", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. GIBSON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gibson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-03"
last_action: "2003-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf301877-4f17-465c-946f-7e18b993a42a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H897&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8ec67c3b2cd6fea9b41e8142e9970c7c216e24e406b73ca06e9b69174c3ca765"
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 897 (2003) — Underground Storage Tank Prgm. Amends.

## 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/H897v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H897v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H897v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H897v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H897v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-352** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H897v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **103–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gibson — primary (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Gorman — cosponsor (person)
- LaRoque — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-27** Ch. SL 2003-352 `became-law`
- **2003-07-27** Signed By Gov. 7/27/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/16/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-15** Ratified
- **2003-07-14** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2003
- **2003-07-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-10** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-07-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-07-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-05** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Held by Senate
- **2003-05-01** Rec From House
- **2003-04-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-04-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-29** Placed On Cal For 4/30/2003
- **2003-04-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-07** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf301877-4f17-465c-946f-7e18b993a42a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).