---
type: "Bill"
title: "Promote Innovative Water Protection Efforts."
description: "Promote Innovative Water Protection Efforts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1468"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1468 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENT", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "WATER RESOURCES", "SEN. ALBERTSON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-22"
last_action: "2007-08-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac66147e-4658-433b-b42d-8462a83bf3d5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1468&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "36dcd3205c0a0580ef8271dce60a5cfef147b9cb72b63ada5fbe6b44deb30eda"
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 1468 (2007) — Promote Innovative Water Protection Efforts.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1468v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1468v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1468v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1468v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-549** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1468v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-31** Ch. SL 2007-549 `became-law`
- **2007-08-31** Signed By Gov. 8/31/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-24** Pres. To Gov. 7/24/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-23** Ratified
- **2007-07-19** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2007
- **2007-07-18** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-07-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/11/2007
- **2007-07-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-14** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-26** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac66147e-4658-433b-b42d-8462a83bf3d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).