---
type: "Bill"
title: "Promote Water Use Efficiency."
description: "Promote Water Use Efficiency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1236"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1236 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CONSERVATION", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "CORPORATIONS", "NON-PROFIT", "ENVIRONMENT", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "WATER RESOURCES", "REP. GIBSON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gibson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-08"
last_action: "2009-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09ee2d85-d428-43d1-b77c-251c222c0019"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1236&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f19d0bd418a9de5ff4fb21ace5caaf1c5442b6ddca7c24f61ec6dcaa7ec1c690"
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 1236 (2009) — Promote Water Use Efficiency.

## 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1236v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASB-8-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/926/0/H1236-ASB-8-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1236v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1236v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1236v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1236v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1236v5.pdf)
8. **SL2009-480** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1236v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gibson — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-26** Ch. SL 2009-480 `became-law`
- **2009-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-07** Pres. To Gov. 8/7/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-06** Ratified
- **2009-08-06** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-05** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-08-05** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-08-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-08-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-08-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-20** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-13** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2009
- **2009-05-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-06** Re-ref Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-09** Ref to the Com on Water Resources and Infrastructure, if favorable, Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09ee2d85-d428-43d1-b77c-251c222c0019`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).