---
type: "Bill"
title: "Application of SEPA to Incentives."
description: "Application of SEPA to Incentives."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 778"
citation: "North Carolina SB 778 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAMA", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "ENVIRONMENT", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. SOLES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-24"
last_action: "2010-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d7522b9-4399-419f-9ea5-39f2e7f91eb7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S778&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "07c8797063cc19b652eb7741b8439d5347a09d59afdf5135687c13c1251e35ef"
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 778 (2009) — Application of SEPA to Incentives.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S778v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S778v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S778v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S778v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S778v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S778v5.pdf)
7. **SL2010-186** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S778v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **72–35** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **43–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Soles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-08-03** Ch. SL 2010-186 `became-law`
- **2010-08-03** Signed By Gov. 8/3/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-10** Pres. To Gov. 7/10/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-10** Ratified
- **2010-07-09** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2010
- **2010-07-09** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2010-07-09** Rec From House
- **2010-07-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2010-07-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2010
- **2010-07-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-07-08** serial referral to Judiciary 1 stricken
- **2010-07-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-11** Ref to the Com on Environment and Natural Resources, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-05** Placed On Cal For 5/6/2009
- **2009-05-05** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-05-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-25** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d7522b9-4399-419f-9ea5-39f2e7f91eb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).