---
type: "Bill"
title: "DWQ/Bridge Culvert Standards."
description: "DWQ/Bridge Culvert Standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 569"
citation: "North Carolina HB 569 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "LANDOWNERS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WATER RESOURCES", "REP. GIBSON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-12"
last_action: "2009-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efc43f03-40f0-48d3-a480-5b4cc6803e07"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H569&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ccae00db57eee42dfa538d876a47f0ef44d48497e67b138b9025d7019ddb2e79"
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 569 (2009) — DWQ/Bridge Culvert Standards.

## 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/H569v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATA-16-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/418/0/H569-ATA-16-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H569v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H569v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H569v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H569v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H569v5.pdf)
8. **SL2009-478** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H569v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-26** Ch. SL 2009-478 `became-law`
- **2009-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-07** Pres. To Gov. 8/7/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-07** Ratified
- **2009-08-06** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-08-06** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-13** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-13** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-07-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2009
- **2009-07-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-19** 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 Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-07** Re-ref Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-16** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efc43f03-40f0-48d3-a480-5b4cc6803e07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).