---
type: "Bill"
title: "Underground Storage Tank Pgrm Amends-2008."
description: "Underground Storage Tank Pgrm Amends-2008."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 2498"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2498 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNCILS", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "FEES", "FUEL STORAGE TANK FUNDS COUNCIL", "FUELS", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "LANDOWNERS", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SESSION LAWS", "STORAGE SYSTEMS", "STORAGE TANKS", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. GIBSON", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ALLEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-21"
last_action: "2008-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2292dbe-67a6-45b0-8d2a-946d0c8ea619"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H2498&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0eed7c7beafa4148052e22dbb94495d1673184504f6006f2d73bf0db7eb0adb8"
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 2498 (2007) — Underground Storage Tank Pgrm Amends-2008.

## 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/H2498v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2498v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2498v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2498v3.pdf)
5. **SL2008-195** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2498v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-08-08** Ch. SL 2008-195 `became-law`
- **2008-08-08** Signed By Gov. 8/8/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-17** Ratified
- **2008-07-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2008-07-17** Amendment Withdrawn #1 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2008-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2008
- **2008-07-15** Amend Pending #1
- **2008-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2008
- **2008-07-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2008-07-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-07-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-07-08** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-07-08** Rec From House
- **2008-07-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2008-07-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/3/2008
- **2008-07-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-24** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-17** Ref to the Com on Environment and Natural Resources, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-17** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2008-05-26** Ref To Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-05-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2292dbe-67a6-45b0-8d2a-946d0c8ea619`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).