---
type: "Bill"
title: "River Basin Commissions Clarifying Amends."
description: "River Basin Commissions Clarifying Amends."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 908"
citation: "North Carolina HB 908 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "COMPACTS", "INTERSTATE COOPERATION", "LAKES & RIVERS", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WATER RESOURCES", "ROANOKE RIVER", "YADKIN RIVER", "PEE DEE RIVER", "CHAPTERED", "ROANOKE RIVER BI-STATE COMN.", "YADKIN RIVER ADVISORY COMN.", "REP. GOODWIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-24"
last_action: "2005-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c4bdf97-2927-4733-97bd-786c788b753a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H908&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7c347c36769021046fa59c57030b067fa3f64ba24605af0932b157363fc7d9ec"
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 908 (2005) — River Basin Commissions Clarifying 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H908v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H908v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H908v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H908v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-37** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H908v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Almond — cosponsor (person)
- Steen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-05-12** Ch. SL 2005-37 `became-law`
- **2005-05-12** Signed By Gov. 5/12/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-05-10** Pres. To Gov. 5/10/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-05-09** Ratified
- **2005-05-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-20** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Rec From House
- **2005-04-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-04-18** Placed On Cal For 4/19/2005
- **2005-04-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-04-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-28** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c4bdf97-2927-4733-97bd-786c788b753a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).