---
type: "Bill"
title: "Irrigation Contractors Licensure/Fees."
description: "Irrigation Contractors Licensure/Fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 2353"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2353 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "APPOINTMENTS", "APPRAISAL BOARD", "APPRAISALS", "BOARDS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "FEES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "SPEAKER", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. GIBSON", "CHAPTERED", "AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER", "IRRIGATION CONTRACTORS BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gibson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-20"
last_action: "2008-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6a001ec-6539-4192-9656-6f9299ada12c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H2353&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3ab98cd27b6e80ddf1167644f89e0e6274cfefd5519b974be1287c1820953801"
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 2353 (2007) — Irrigation Contractors Licensure/Fees.

## 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2353v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2353v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2353v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2353v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2353v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2353v5.pdf)
7. **SL2008-177** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2353v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Amendment 1 — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **58–52** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gibson — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Blue — cosponsor (person)
- Brubaker — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Church — cosponsor (person)
- Daughtridge — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-08-04** Ch. SL 2008-177 `became-law`
- **2008-08-04** Signed By Gov. 8/4/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-17** Ratified
- **2008-07-16** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2008
- **2008-07-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-16** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2008-07-15** Engrossed
- **2008-07-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2008-07-15** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-07-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-07-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-25** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-25** Rec From House
- **2008-06-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2008-06-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2008
- **2008-06-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-06-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-21** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-05-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6a001ec-6539-4192-9656-6f9299ada12c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).