---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase Penalties for CAMA Violations."
description: "Increase Penalties for CAMA Violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1523"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1523 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COASTAL RESOURCES", "CONSERVATION", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "EROSION", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "LAKES & RIVERS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOILS", "WATER RESOURCES", "REP. GIBSON", "REP. MCCOMAS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. HARRISON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harrison", "McComas"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-04-20"
last_action: "2006-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d94cd9df-611e-4fae-aa92-705647bf27e2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1523&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d6988cbb3e2040c2a966f1c3aa15c9fffd088371f94ee87d863007d8ffcfb51d"
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 1523 (2005) — Increase Penalties for CAMA Violations.

## 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/H1523v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1523v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1523v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1523v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1523v4.pdf)
6. **SL2006-229** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1523v5.pdf)

## Votes

- R3 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **88–16** (pass) · lower
- R2 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **88–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harrison — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
- Justice — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-08-10** Ch. SL 2006-229 `became-law`
- **2006-08-10** Signed By Gov. 8/10/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-26** Pres. To Gov. 7/26/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-25** Ratified
- **2006-07-24** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2006-07-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/20/2006
- **2006-07-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-19** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-07-13** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2006-07-13** Com Sub Ruled Material
- **2006-07-13** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2006-07-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-07-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2006-07-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-11** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-11** Rec From House
- **2005-05-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-09** Placed On Cal For 5/10/2005
- **2005-05-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-21** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d94cd9df-611e-4fae-aa92-705647bf27e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).