---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improve River Basin Modeling."
description: "Improve River Basin Modeling."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1743"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1743 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUDITING & AUDITS", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LAKES & RIVERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMN.", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STATE TREASURER", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "WATER RESOURCES", "REP. CRAWFORD", "REP. GILLESPIE", "REP. OWENS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. TARLETON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crawford", "Gillespie", "Owens"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-05-17"
last_action: "2010-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6872ac7b-20a6-4c8d-8ec3-5d51a8e55b59"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1743&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a48e4483d7b508ba9d9680e13232d6c5bc05f53d53b9573941fd880edcc4de31"
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 1743 (2009) — Improve River Basin Modeling.

## 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/H1743v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASB-41-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1288/0/H1743-ASB-41-V-1)
3. **A2: ASB-42-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1289/0/H1743-ASB-42-V-4)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1743v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1743v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1743v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1743v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1743v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1743v6.pdf)
10. **SL2010-143** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1743v7.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **109–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **42–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crawford — primary (person)
- Gillespie — primary (person)
- Owens — primary (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Braxton — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-22** Ch. SL 2010-143 `became-law`
- **2010-07-22** Signed By Gov. 7/22/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-08** Pres. To Gov. 7/8/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-08** Ratified
- **2010-07-08** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-07** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2010
- **2010-07-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-07-07** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-07-05** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2010-07-05** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2010-07-01** Engrossed
- **2010-07-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2010-07-01** Amend Adopted # 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-06-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-06-30** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-06-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-06-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-14** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-11** Rec From House
- **2010-06-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/10/2010
- **2010-06-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-26** Re-ref Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-18** Ref to the Com on Water Resources and Infrastructure, if favorable, Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-05-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6872ac7b-20a6-4c8d-8ec3-5d51a8e55b59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).