---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Animal Waste Tech Specialist Cert Rqs."
description: "Clarify Animal Waste Tech Specialist Cert Rqs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 1598"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1598 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURAL WASTE", "AGRICULTURE", "COMMISSIONS", "DENR", "EMPLOYMENT", "ENGINEERING", "ENGINEERS", "ENVIRONMENT", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION COMN.", "SOILS", "TITLE CHANGE", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "WATER RESOURCES", "SEN. ALBERTSON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-05-17"
last_action: "2006-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9f2ec55-532e-461c-bbc0-aaaa6928a951"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S1598&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "250e76e487a70f3b0d13114e61e256a9d09560f72a5b10418cfbd1544e591946"
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 SB 1598 (2005) — Clarify Animal Waste Tech Specialist Cert Rqs.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1598v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1598v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1598v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1598v3.pdf)
5. **SL2006-38** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1598v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Bland — cosponsor (person)
- Boseman — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- East — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Holloman — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
- Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-07-03** Ch. SL 2006-38 `became-law`
- **2006-07-03** Signed By Gov. 6/29/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-29** Ratified
- **2006-06-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-27** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2006
- **2006-06-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-22** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-22** Rec From Senate
- **2006-06-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2006-06-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-05-18** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2006-05-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9f2ec55-532e-461c-bbc0-aaaa6928a951`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).