---
type: "Bill"
title: "Promote Private Compensatory Mitigation."
description: "Promote Private Compensatory Mitigation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1885"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1885 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "CONSERVATION", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "LAKES & RIVERS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WATER RESOURCES", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-21"
last_action: "2008-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b3c763b-7a6a-4dc6-a353-bdc895ed6646"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1885&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "77f2599aeba99fcdf2275cd23bcf039e37d243245966d1d0de7d571cdfd3b804"
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 1885 (2007) — Promote Private Compensatory Mitigation.

## 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/S1885v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1885v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1885v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1885v3.pdf)
5. **SL2008-152** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1885v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-08-02** Ch. SL 2008-152 `became-law`
- **2008-08-02** Signed By Gov. 8/2/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-10** Pres. To Gov. 7/10/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-10** Ratified
- **2008-07-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2008
- **2008-07-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-30** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-06-26** Engrossed
- **2008-06-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-26** Amend Failed #2 `amendment-failure`
- **2008-06-26** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2008
- **2008-06-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2008-06-24** 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/2b3c763b-7a6a-4dc6-a353-bdc895ed6646`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).