---
type: "Bill"
title: "Accelerate Cleanup of Industrial Properties."
description: "Accelerate Cleanup of Industrial Properties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 45"
citation: "North Carolina HB 45 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "FEES", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "INDUSTRIAL LOCATION", "MANUFACTURING", "NOTIFICATION", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. GIBSON", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GILL", "REP. COOK", "REMEDIATION & CLEANUP"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Gillespie"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-07"
last_action: "2011-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/018eef08-3f12-4be8-942c-2b635ddf5d4c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H45&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1efa6007f7e69257ada81d191995fa1d8df05beb4a26479afcd2934244ddd07a"
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 45 (2011) — Accelerate Cleanup of Industrial Properties.

## 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/H45v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H45v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H45v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H45v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H45v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H45v5.pdf)
7. **SL2011-186** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H45v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **86–27** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)
- Gillespie — primary (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-20** Ch. SL 2011-186 `became-law`
- **2011-06-20** Signed By Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-10** Pres. To Gov. 6/10/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-09** Ratified
- **2011-06-08** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-07** Placed On Cal For 6/8/2011
- **2011-06-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-07** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2011-06-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-07** Placed On Cal For 6/7/2011
- **2011-06-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-06** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-04-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-16** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-16** Rec From House
- **2011-03-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-14** Placed On Cal For 3/15/2011
- **2011-03-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-03-10** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-08** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-03-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-03-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-21** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-08** Ref To Com On Environment `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/018eef08-3f12-4be8-942c-2b635ddf5d4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).