---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nutrient Offset Program Transition."
description: "Nutrient Offset Program Transition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 859"
citation: "North Carolina HB 859 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "WATER RESOURCES", "REP. GIBSON", "SUNSETS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ALLEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gibson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-14"
last_action: "2007-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05ccd906-0269-4d94-af7a-289d97f9c509"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H859&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "887a86ad7614a36759f9ea845ba9c8ab42137507fafcfbd6bc3daef3767eb311"
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 859 (2007) — Nutrient Offset Program Transition.

## 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/H859v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H859v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H859v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H859v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-438** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H859v4.pdf)

## Votes

- R2 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **101–15** (pass) · lower
- R3 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **101–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gibson — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-23** Ch. SL 2007-438 `became-law`
- **2007-08-23** Signed By Gov. 8/23/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-01** Pres. To Gov. 8/1/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-01** Ratified
- **2007-07-31** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2007-07-30** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2007-07-28** Placed On Cal For 7/30/2007
- **2007-07-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-28** Com Sub Ruled Material
- **2007-07-28** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-07-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-26** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-07-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-16** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-16** Rec From House
- **2007-05-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-14** Placed On Cal For 5/15/2007
- **2007-05-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-15** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05ccd906-0269-4d94-af7a-289d97f9c509`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).