---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extend Water Allocation Study."
description: "Extend Water Allocation Study."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1872"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1872 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMN.", "LAKES & RIVERS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SESSION LAWS", "STUDIES", "WATER RESOURCES", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "SUNSETS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-21"
last_action: "2008-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9da8d8f5-00be-48ae-9a4c-d1ff64324bcd"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1872&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "503985e25a9bafd58a79dd0aa13e5442b313b3cd0d865f8210977cad466c12e0"
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 1872 (2007) — Extend Water Allocation Study.

## 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/S1872v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1872v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1872v2.pdf)
4. **SL2008-10** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1872v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-06-25** Ch. SL 2008-10 `became-law`
- **2008-06-25** Signed By Gov. 6/25/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-06-17** Pres. To Gov. 6/17/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-06-16** Ratified
- **2008-06-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-11** Placed On Cal For 6/12/2008
- **2008-06-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-09** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-06-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-22** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **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/9da8d8f5-00be-48ae-9a4c-d1ff64324bcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).