---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Environmental Laws 2011."
description: "Amend Environmental Laws 2011."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 119"
citation: "North Carolina HB 119 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "DEFINITIONS", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "HAZARDOUS WASTE", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LAKES & RIVERS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECYCLING", "SESSION LAWS", "SOLID WASTE", "STORAGE SYSTEMS", "STORAGE TANKS", "UTILITIES", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "WATER RESOURCES", "REP. GILLESPIE", "TAR RIVER", "PAMLICO RIVER", "NEUSE RIVER", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MCELRAFT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gillespie"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d5efd6b-ff2d-4657-8583-6824760a033d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H119&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d8e4f1bf10309b6613372da72c27eed55e6898fd2924719b566b0d8e6f9bd935"
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 119 (2011) — Amend Environmental Laws 2011.

## 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H119v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARI-47-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/1326/0/H119-ARI-47-V-1)
3. **A3: ARI-45-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/1328/0/H119-ARI-45-V-4)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H119v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H119v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H119v3.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H119v4.pdf)
8. **SL2011-394** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H119v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur\Sen. Amd. 3 — **64–39** (pass) · lower
- M11 Concur — **64–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gillespie — primary (person)
- McElraft — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-07-01** Ch. SL 2011-394 `became-law`
- **2011-07-01** Became Law w/o Signature
- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-18** Ratified
- **2011-06-17** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-17** Concurred In S Amend 3 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-17** Concurred In S Amend 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2011
- **2011-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-16** Rec To Concur In S Amend 1,3
- **2011-06-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-16** Amend Adopted 3 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-16** Amend Failed 2 `amendment-failure`
- **2011-06-16** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2011
- **2011-06-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-06-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-06** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-06** Rec From House
- **2011-06-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-02** Placed On Cal For 6/3/2011
- **2011-06-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-17** Ref To Com On Environment `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d5efd6b-ff2d-4657-8583-6824760a033d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).