---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nat. Gas/Bond/Fee/Landowner Protect'n/Study."
description: "Nat. Gas/Bond/Fee/Landowner Protect'n/Study."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 242"
citation: "North Carolina HB 242 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "FEES", "LANDOWNERS", "LEASING", "MINING & MINERAL EXTRACTION", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC MEETINGS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "SURETY & FIDELITY", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. GILLESPIE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. STONE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stone"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-07"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52b9ee71-f1f2-40c4-98e8-7109d4036396"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H242&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "fc20af83f5fda2a8e5a5b975d175929e71305cabc3655ae07754ff933c544d44"
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 242 (2011) — Nat. Gas/Bond/Fee/Landowner Protect'n/Study.

## 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/H242v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARI-15-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/737/0/H242-ARI-15-V-2)
3. **A2: ATD-132-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/1296/0/H242-ATD-132-V-3)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H242v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H242v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H242v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H242v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H242v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H242v6.pdf)
10. **SL2011-276** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H242v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **41–9** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stone — primary (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-276 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-17** Ratified
- **2011-06-17** House Concured in S Com Sub As Amended
- **2011-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2011
- **2011-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-16** Rec To Concur in Senate Com Sub As Amended
- **2011-06-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-16** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-16** Amendment Withdrawn 1 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2011-06-15** Amend Pending 1
- **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** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-13** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-06-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-01** Ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-01** Rec From House
- **2011-05-31** Ordered Engrossed
- **2011-05-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-31** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-31** Placed On Cal For 5/31/2011
- **2011-05-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-05-31** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-05-26** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-26** Pursuant 38(a)
- **2011-05-26** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-19** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-08** Ref To Com On Environment `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52b9ee71-f1f2-40c4-98e8-7109d4036396`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).