---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conserve & Protect Ag Water Resources."
description: "Conserve & Protect Ag Water Resources."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1748"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1748 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "LANDOWNERS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WATER RESOURCES", "REP. CRAWFORD", "REP. GILLESPIE", "REP. OWENS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. TARLETON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crawford", "Gillespie", "Owens"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-05-17"
last_action: "2010-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a7ef76c-783b-4026-9347-0979563a854b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1748&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "cb41f1f82a0fdea83df9d5681413fee1d073ec4b5c838b7c24f93b60b1ef441d"
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 1748 (2009) — Conserve & Protect Ag Water Resources.

## 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/H1748v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1748v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1748v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1748v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1748v4.pdf)
6. **SL2010-149** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1748v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crawford — primary (person)
- Gillespie — primary (person)
- Owens — primary (person)
- Braxton — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-22** Ch. SL 2010-149 `became-law`
- **2010-07-22** Signed By Gov. 7/22/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-02** Pres. To Gov. 7/2/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-01** Ratified
- **2010-06-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-06-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-22** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-22** Rec From House
- **2010-06-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/21/2010
- **2010-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-06-16** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-09** Re-ref Com On Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-18** Ref to the Com on Water Resources and Infrastructure, if favorable, Agriculture `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/5a7ef76c-783b-4026-9347-0979563a854b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).