---
type: "Bill"
title: "Promote Water Supply Development/Efficiency."
description: "Promote Water Supply Development/Efficiency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 609"
citation: "North Carolina HB 609 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CLEAN WATER TRUST FUND BOARD", "COMMISSIONS", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LAKES & RIVERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMN.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "WATER RESOURCES", "REP. GILLESPIE", "CLEAN WATER TRUST FUND", "CHAPTERED", "REP. CARNEY", "REP. STAM", "REP. MCGRADY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gillespie", "McGrady", "Stam"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-04"
last_action: "2011-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd9603be-b06a-4409-b9f0-ccdb8ee21b7b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H609&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3de00db20088eefd5b48783d4fc8b79cbdfb846c27759225e5520e9464e22940"
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 609 (2011) — Promote Water Supply Development/Efficiency.

## 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/H609v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASB-54-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/1152/0/H609-ASB-54-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H609v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H609v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H609v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H609v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H609v5.pdf)
8. **SL2011-374** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H609v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gillespie — primary (person)
- McGrady — primary (person)
- Stam — primary (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- T. Moore — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-27** Ch. SL 2011-374 `became-law`
- **2011-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/27/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-17** Ratified
- **2011-06-16** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-15** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2011-06-14** Engrossed
- **2011-06-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-14** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-06-13** 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
- **2011-06-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-01** Placed On Cal For 6/2/2011
- **2011-05-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-05-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-05** Ref To Com On Environment `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd9603be-b06a-4409-b9f0-ccdb8ee21b7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).