---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Environmental Laws 2005."
description: "Amend Environmental Laws 2005."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1096"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1096 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "AQUACULTURE", "BOARDS", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "COMMISSIONS", "CONSERVATION", "DENR", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "ENVIRONMENT", "EROSION", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "FISHERIES PRODUCTS", "FOOD SERVICES", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "FORESTRY", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GEOGRAPHY", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HEALTH SERVICES COMN.", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INSPECTIONS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "REPORTING", "REVENUE DEPT.", "SANITATION", "SEAFOOD & AQUACULTURE COMN.", "SOILS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "WATER RESOURCES", "ZOOS", "REP. GIBSON", "REP. MCCOMAS", "WETLANDS RESTORATION FUND", "CHAPTERED", "USE-VALUE ADVISORY BOARD", "REP. HARRELL", "REP. JUSTICE", "SANITARIAN EXAMINERS BOARD", "ZOO FUND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gibson", "Harrell", "Justice"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-31"
last_action: "2005-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/931b958a-d0d5-4cc4-a6cc-9ab5654a1757"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1096&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e444d390a3431340aac2e21423f57c2e388e4c4630969ebe5ae750e543393757"
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 1096 (2005) — Amend Environmental Laws 2005.

## 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1096v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1096v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1096v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1096v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-386** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1096v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **112–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gibson — primary (person)
- Harrell — primary (person)
- Justice — primary (person)
- McComas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-13** Ch. SL 2005-386 `became-law`
- **2005-09-13** Signed By Gov. 9/13/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-23** Pres. To Gov. 8/23/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-23** Ratified
- **2005-08-22** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-18** Placed On Cal For 8/22/2005
- **2005-08-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-15** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-08-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-08-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-01** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-01** Rec From House
- **2005-05-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-27** Placed On Cal For 5/31/2005
- **2005-05-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-04** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/931b958a-d0d5-4cc4-a6cc-9ab5654a1757`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).